Lucknow: Congress's chief ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshit and its UP chief Raj Babbar conducted a road show in Lucknow on Sunday ahead of the state assembly elections.
While addressing the public, Dikshit said the Congress government in 2017 will ensure that UP witnesses growth and development. "UP has suffered a lot in 28 years of non-congress rule. Our party is determined to form the government in 2017," she said.
The focus of the programme was Priyanka Gandhi. Hinting at a larger role for Priyanka in UP campaign, Babbar said that Priyanka will continue to guide congress workers in future. "Priyanka Gandhi has time and again given hope and inspiration to us. I hope in the coming days she will continue to guide and encourage us," Babbar said.
Dikshit too lauded the leadership qualities of Rahul and Priyanka.
This was her first visit to the state capital after Congress declared her as its chief ministerial candidate for the crucial 2017 polls, considered a do-or-die battle for the party.
Congress chose Dikshit, a Brahmin, as its face for the polls considering "her strong credentials as chief minister of Delhi for three consecutive terms" to enable the party regain support of the electorally-sizeable community. The Brahmin community, a traditional Congress vote bank, had shifted its allegiance to BJP in the advent of the Mandir-Mandal politics.
Congress has also announced coordination and campaign committees for Uttar Pradesh which will be headed by Sanjay Singh and Pramod Tiwari respectively.
The new team took over formally at the Congress headquarters later in the day.
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