Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 23 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday interacted with women farmers at an agricultural farm in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki, from where she would flag-off the 'Pratigya Yatra' today.

Congress general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is slated to flag off three ‘Pratigya Yatras’ from Barabanki on Saturday to spread awareness about various resolutions adopted by the party ahead of the 2022 assembly elections. On the occasion, she will elaborate on the seven resolutions made to the people of UP apart […]

Lucknow Oct 22 PTI Congress general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will flag off three Pratigya Yatras from Barabanki on Saturday to take to the people various resolutions adopted by the party ahead of the 2022 assembly elections On the occasion she will elaborate on the seven resolutions made to the people of UP apart from the election manifesto former MP and party in-charge of Chhattisgarh P L Punia told the media here on Friday The three yatras going in different routes -- from Barabanki to Bundelkhand Saharanpur to Mathura and Varanasi to Rae Bareli -- will be taken out from October 23 to November 1 he said The yatra on the Varanasi to Rae Bareli route covering the Awadh region will be led by former MP Pramod Tiwari while the Barabanki-Bundelkhand route will be led by Punia and former Union minister of state Pradeep Jain Aditya The yatra on the Saharanpur-Mathura route covering the western parts of the state will be presided by former Union minister Salman Khurshid and senior party leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam Chairman of the partys media department and former state minister Nasimuddin Siddiqui and Congress legislature party leader Aradhana Mishra former MP and chairman of the strategy and planning committee Rajesh Mishra gave details about the yatra and its route Siddiqui said the Congress in its first resolution has promised 40 per cent of ticket distribution to women in the 2022 elections and has pledged to give smartphones to girl students who clear intermediate exams along with electric scooters to girls who are college graduates The details about the remaining six pledges will be announced at the time of launching the Pratigya Yatra in Barabanki he added The decision to go ahead with these yatras was taken at a meeting headed by Vadra last month PTI SAB HDA

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

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