Priyanka Gandhi Vadra: A Star Campaigner

When was the last time you heard of a slogan that featured a politician who has never fought an election in her life but is the most popular mass leader of the party? In 2019, when Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s mother Sonia Gandhi and elder brother Rahul Gandhi were contesting elections from Uttar Pradesh, the Congress party’s most popular slogan was “Amethi Ka Danka Beti Priyanka”. The daughter of late PM Rajiv Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wasn’t contesting the elections and was just managing the campaign for her brother and mother, yet as party insiders say, she was the strongest mass leader from the party.

In January 2019, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took her formal steps into active politics as she was elected to the All India Congress Committee as a general secretary and was given the charge of UP. She has been active as the party’s star campaigner since then and although there is still no concrete news about her contesting elections any time soon, she continues to be the strongest name in Congress.