Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra kicked off mega roadshow in Lucknow
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra drew big crowds in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow as she launched her campaign for the national election with a roadshow two weeks after her debut in politics. Priyanka Gandhi, along with her brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi and fellow UP in-charge Jyotiraditya Scindia waved at hundreds of supporters from the top of a modified truck that was decorated in party colours.
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Among the kaleidoscope of posters and billboards lining the roads were those featuring her grandmother Indira Gandhi, playing on her striking resemblance to the former prime minister. "...I hope that we can all come together to bring about a new kind of politics. A kind of politics in which all of you will be stakeholders," Priyanka said in an audio message through the party's Shakti App
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Eastern Uttar Pradesh is home to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi constituency and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's base Gorakhpur. In the past, Allahabad (or Prayagraj, as it is called now) was Lal Bahadur Shastri's Lok Sabha seat and home to the Nehru family
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As low-hanging electricity wires in the congested city forced the Gandhi siblings to switch to an SUV, they sat cross-legged on its roof and resumed their journey. They also stopped for hot tea and little chats on the way; near a decades-old cinema theatre Congress workers surrounded their car
