PRIYANKA GANDHI - INDIA ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS - FUTURE OF INDIA

Like her mother, Priyanka's role in politics has been marked by ambiguity. While campaigning regularly for the Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh, she initially claimed to have little interest in politics.

At a 1999 campaign, she said in an interview to BBC: "I am very clear in my mind. Politics is not a strong pull, the people are. And I can do things for them without being in politics"[2]. Nonetheless, the question of her joining formal politics would be bothersome: "I have said it a thousand times, I am not interested in joining politics..."[3].

However, she continued to regularly visit her mother's and brother's constituencies of Rae Bareilly and Amethi where she dealt with the people directly, a role she appears to enjoy. She is a popular figure in the constituency, drawing large crowds everywhere; a popular slogan in Amethi in every election has been Amethi ka danka, bitiya Priyanka (the clarion call from Amethi is for Priyanka [to stand elections])[4]. She is reputed as a good organizer, level headed, and is believed to be her mother's "chief advisor on political matters"[4].

In the Indian general election, 2004, she was her mother's campaign manager and helped supervise her brother Rahul Gandhi's campaign. In a press meeting during these elections she said that "politics is all about serving the people and I am already doing that. I may continue doing only that for five years more."[5]. This led to speculations that she may bear some responsibilities for the Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh.

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[ravnishsharma]

Moughals ,then Britishers and then legacy of Fake Gandhi Dynasty. Indians are still slaves.

[D13B39]

Congress Ki Jai Ho..for doing ALL of the following in the 50+ years that it was in power:

- Keeping the "Garibi Hatao" promise of 1970s.

- Replacing British rule w/ Corrupt Dynastic Rule.

- Getting rid of illiteracy, corruption, nepotism, terrorism, vote bank politics

- Getting drinking water and electricity to every Aam Admi

- Being lost in 40+ years of license Raj and socialism.

- Resolving Kashmir problem

- Naming 80+% govt. schemes as Indira / Rajiv Gandhi schemes

WOW !!

[Prathmesh77]

CONGRESS IS ONE BIG DIRTY WHORE JUSS LIKE THIS PRIANKA..THIS PEOPLE HAVE MADE US LIKA FOOL ..I AM ASHAMED THAT I BELONG TO SUCH A NATION WHICH IS BEING RUN BY ONE FAMILY BELONGING TO ITALY

[thegreatkela]

bhagwan kare inka bhi inke baap ke jaisa haal ho.. ameen..

[ratnesh182]

congress u r all the way to great ;

RESPECTABLE, PRIYANKA GANDHI JI, IT'S TIME TO JOIN GOVT. OR INDULGE IN IT ;U R TOTALLY KIKE INDIRA JI; U R POWERFULL WE R WITH U

[mandeepjh]

Congress loves poverty as After ruling 60 years on amethi constituency, that is still poor constituency because of corruption done by Gandhi family. This family done nothing except corruption like Indra Gandhi found guilty in corruption in 1975, after that rajiv's bofors scandal 68000 crores. Now Sonia's many scandal like 70000 crores cwg scam, 178000 crores 2g spectrum scam. In india there are approximately 92000 villages, imagine how many new schools could be built from this much money, how

[sasharma821]

yaar please ise koi iska bhai ke saath italy wapis bhej do.. INdia bac jayega

[ChuttarPrasad]

Behn ki laudi Priyanka Ghazi khan

[rajivbrianmenon]

@dipakghosh1

hahahah BJP omg r u serious wanna make this country run by religious fanatics and take it to Pakistan's level...fuck BJP