Lucknow Sep 29 PTI Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met various people including doctors and health workers here Wednesday and praised them from their efforts during the pandemic Ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections Priyanka Gandhi is on a five-day visit in Lucknow to review and discuss the partys preparedness for the polls On the third day of her visit Wednesday she continued her meetings with senior party leaders to discuss the strategy for the polls Pankaj Srivastava vice chairman of the Media and Communication Department of the UP Congress Committee told media She will continue meetings at Kaul house with party office bearers During meetings on Tuesday the partys general secretary had discussions relating to setting up of war rooms at district levels to receive feedback from the ground so as to take prompt decisions on emergent issues as part of the election strategy She also discussed the route for the partys proposed Pratigya Yatra The party leaders also discussed the booth management strategy considered important for the polls party officials said This is her second visit this month after September 13 when she stayed in the state for five days The Congress party had fought the 2017 UP polls in alliance with the Samajwadi Party The grand old party had managed to win just seven of the 114 contested seats with a vote share of 625 per cent This time the Congress party has announced that it would fight the 2022 polls without aligning with any big political party PTI ABN MGA MGA

Lucknow Sep 18 PTI Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections the Congress has launched a campaign to appoint party spokespersons and media coordinators in different districts of the stateCandidates will have to clear a written and oral examination to be selected for the posts party officials saidAs part of the campaign Bane Congress ki Awaaz Become the voice of Congress a team of Congress leaders will visit different districts to select potential spokespersons and media coordinators Pankaj Srivastava vice chairman of Media and Communication Department of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee said on SaturdayEvery Congress worker and supporter will be given the chance to become a party spokesperson or media coordinator he saidAnyone who feels committed to the Constitution of the country and the politics of the Congress party and can effectively put them before the public can become a part of this campaign he addedSrivastava said a district-level written and oral examination will be held for both posts and the dates will be announced soon PTI SAB DIV DIV