Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 5 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who was campaigning in Aligarh on Saturday, gave the party's youth manifesto 'Bharti Vidhan' to BJP workers who came near her vehicle as workers of two parties were campaigning.

Lucknow Jan 28 PTI Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said if her party comes to power in Uttar Pradesh it will set up a special recruitment commission to streamline the selection process for all vacant government postsIn an interaction with youths including job aspirants from the state in Delhi she also assured that exams will be conducted and results declared in a time-bound mannerThe Congress will ensure that the calendar of all recruitments is released and is followed We will ensure that exams are conducted and results are declared on a set date Priyanka Gandhi who is steering the partys campaign for the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh assembly polls saidThe interaction in which she discussed the state of government job recruitments was streamed on social medial platformsThe recruitment process will be done within a six-month period If it is not done action will be taken against the officials concerned Priyanka Gandhi said adding that youngsters must understand that caste-based politics will not benefit themShe also criticised the police action on students in Prayagraj earlier this weekThe Congress leader urged youngsters to read Bharti Vidhan the partys poll manifesto for youths and reiterated that the promises made in it will be fulfilled by the Congress government in Uttar Pradesh PTI CDN SNS ANB ANB

Lucknow Jan 22 PTI In the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections the Congress party will launch Sunday a Speak Up campaign for youths to share their alleged experiences of having been cheated by the states present and previous governments The state unit of the party will launch the novel poll campaign programme on the birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose two days after the release of its Bharti Vidhan a poll manifesto for youths said Naseemuddin Siddiqui the in-charge of the partys state unit wing of media and communication In the Speak UP campaign the youths will share on Twitter and Facebook their faith in the Bharti Vidhan while also recounting their experiences of being cheated by the state governments including the present one Yogi Adityanath he said Dubbing Bharti Vidhan a document of hopes and aspirations of seven crore youths of Uttar Pradesh he said if voted to power the Congress party will give government jobs to 20 lakh youths with 40 per cent of beneficiaries totalling 8 lakh being girls During the present government the youths have been left preparing diligently for various competitive exams for jobs only to find at the end that their question papers have been leaked During the reign of this incompetent government papers of 12 examinations were leaked Somehow even if the examinations were conducted the candidates kept struggling for results and appointments he said In the last five years there have been many such occasions when batons were used on candidates seeking jobs he said The chief minister claims the number of government jobs in Uttar Pradesh far exceeds the job-worthy youths he said adding the Congress however believes that every youth is worthy of a job but the Adityanath government failed to create opportunities for them Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had on Friday released the Congress manifesto for youths ahead of the assembly elections saying only the party can give a new vision for the youths of the state Addressing a press conference at the launch of the Bharti Vidhan on Friday Rahul Gandhi had said the vision document is not hollow words but has been drafted after consulting youths whose views are reflected in it In the manifesto the party has resolved to fill the massive backlog of employments in the public sector and promised 20 lakh jobs including eight lakhs for women The youth in Uttar Pradesh needs a new vision and only the Congress party can give it to the state the former Congress president had said PTI SAB RAX RAX

New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday hinted at forming a post-poll alliance government if the situation arises after the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and said the party would want to fulfill its agenda mentioned in the manifesto.

New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi launched the Uttar Pradesh's Youth Manifesto, at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) HQ in Delhi on Friday ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections.

New Delhi Jan 21 PTI Signalling the way forward for the Congress as Uttar Pradesh heads towards elections Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday pitched herself as the partys chief ministerial face as she released a youth manifesto for the state along with Rahul GandhiThe Congress general secretary however evaded queries on whether she would contest the assembly polls beginning next month She also said the party would be open to a post-poll alliance if the need aroseDo you see any other face from the Congress party Priyanka Gandhi said when asked who would be the partys chief ministerial candidate in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls You are seeing my face everywhere the Congress leader added while addressing a joint press conference with her brother and former party president Rahul Gandhi to release the Bharti Vidhan recruitment document manifesto that promises a new vision for youth in the state and the creation of 20 lakh jobs including eight lakh for womenTo a question on whether she would herself contest the assembly polls Priyanka Gandhi said We have not yet decided She said it would be known once that is decidedThe Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh said the party would certainly look at supporting other parties for government formation and was open to backing them if the situation were to arise after the electionsShe however said the Congress would keep implementing its vision for youth especially women as a priority while extending any such support for government formation in UPWe would be open to considering that If such a situation arises then we would certainly want our agenda for the youth and women to be fulfilled if we were going to be part of any such dispensation she said to a question on whether the Congress would support other parties in government formationThe party has resolved to fill the massive backlog of jobs in the public sector and promised 20 lakh jobs including eight lakh for women in their manifesto for the youthThe campaign in Uttar Pradesh is very negative and is centred around caste and religion Priyanka Gandhi said adding that the Congress is moving away from this to present a development oriented roadmap Addressing the gathering Rahul Gandhi stressed that the country needs a new vision and their document is not hollow words but drafted after consulting youth whose views are reflected in itThere are polls in UP and the youth there need a new vision and only the Congress party can give that vision to the state the former Congress chief saidWe dont spread hatred we work to unite people and we want to build a new Uttar Pradesh driven by the strength and confidence of youth in the state he said According to Rahul Gandhi the Congress party wants to go beyond mere rhetoric and provide a strategy on how to provide jobs to the youth of Uttar PradeshIn Uttar Pradesh he said 880 youth lose their jobs everyday and over 16 lakh youth have been rendered unemployment in the last five years of BJP rule The prime minister promised to provide two crore jobs every year to youth and the entire country is seeing the truth he saidThis is happening because the entire wealth of the country is being handed over to two-three big industrialists Elections are being held in UP and the youth there need a new vision and only the Congress party can give this vision to Uttar Pradesh Gandhi saidOur understanding and our belief is that India requires a new vision The vision that was proposed by the BJP in 2014 has completely failed It is a disaster and it is turning our demographic dividend into a demographic disaster India requires a new vision going forward he told reporters when asked about the need for such a manifesto focussed on youthEven people in the BJP he alleged admit that something has gone very wrong and the vision that was committed to has failedIf you look at India and you want to propose a new vision you have to start in Uttar Pradesh Every state is important but Uttar Pradesh occupies a weight that no other state does So we are proposing a new way of doing things a new imagination for Uttar Pradesh he said explaining the relevance of Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh would lead the country in jobs and was the centre of the resistance to the British It was from where the far-reaching ideas came from he noted adding that the manifesto is a step towards providing a vision for the country and the Congress believes this has to begin in Uttar PradeshRahul Gandhi later tweeted a picture with his sister Priyanka Gandhi releasing the youth manifesto and said Things that are done from the heart responsibly and honestly bear good results My best wishes to the people of UP and every Congress worker Priyanka Gandhi said the party wants the focus to be on development as the propaganda that is mostly going around is negative or based on caste or communalismShe said the biggest problem in the state is recruitment and the youth are disappointedThe party is going to the polls with the focus on youth and women and has announced that it will reserve 40 per cent of tickets for women in Uttar Pradesh Polling for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly is scheduled to be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7 The votes will be counted on March 10 PTI SKCASK SKC MIN MIN

New Delhi Jan 21 PTI Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday released the Congress manifesto for the youth of Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections saying only the party can give a new vision to the youth in the state Addressing a press conference at the launch of the youth manifesto called Bharti Vidhan Rahul Gandhi said the vision document is not hollow words but has been drafted after consulting youth whose views are reflected in itThe youth in Uttar Pradesh need a new vision and only Congress can give that vision to the state the former president saidWe dont spread hatred we unite people and we want to create a new Uttar Pradesh with the strength of youth Rahul Gandhi addedIn her remarks party leader Priyanka Gandhi said the biggest problem in the state is recruitment and the youth are disappointedShe said her party in UP wants the focus to be on development and not on negative propaganda based on caste or communalism that is going aroundThe party is going to the polls with the focus on youth and women and has announced that it will reserve 40 per cent of tickets for women in Uttar Pradesh Polling for the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly is scheduled to be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7 and the counting of votes will be held on March 10 PTI SKCASK MIN MIN