Priyanka Gandhi Takes Charge, Negotiates Deal With Samajwadi Party

Reports suggest Priyanka may campaign along with Dimple Yadav, the wife of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in UP.

In what could be seen as an announcement of Priyanka Gandhi's arrival, several senior Congress leaders on Sunday acknowledged the role of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in striking an alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh.

A senior Congress leader told IANS that Priyanka Gandhi played a key role in sealing the deal with the SP.

Senior Congress functionaries Ahmed Patel and Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is also the in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, separately acknowledged Priyanka's role in giving the final shape to the alliance with the SP, which at one point had hit a roadblock.