Lakhimpur Kheri: Will Priyanka Gandhi be Congress's face in UP polls?
India Today
As Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi took off promptly after the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. She looked aggressive in her political statements, argued with police personnel who detained her and there was a video of her sweeping the floor of the police guest house in Sitapur.
Will Priyanka Gandhi Vadra be the chief ministerial face of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh election 2022? This is a question that is being asked for quite some time now. Ten years ago, ahead of the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, there were similar demands for making Rahul Gandhi the Congress’s chief ministerial face in the state. Rahul Gandhi did not agree.
The Congress is awaiting its re-launch in Uttar Pradesh. Some in the Congress see the Lakhimpur Kheri incident as its re-launch pad. Priyanka Gandhi has taken the centrestage in the Opposition camp. This has come on the back of renewed demands that Priyanka Gandhi be made the Congress’s face in Uttar Pradesh.
