#priyankagandhi #2019election<br />BREAKING NEWS <br />LATEST NEWS OF INDIA<br />riyanka Gandhi Vadra, who formally joined the Congress with much fanfare in January, will not be contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, say party sources.<br /><br />In her first election rally in UP after taking up a formal party post, Priyanka Gandhi joined Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia for a roadshow in Lucknow, but did not utter a single word in the daylong journey.<br /><br />Sources say, Priyanka Gandhi will not speak at any of the future rallies too and let brother Rahul Gandhi do all the talking.<br /><br />Priyanka Gandhi, as she has been doing so far, will work behind the curtains and focus more on strengthening Congress's organizational structure in Uttar Pradesh.<br /><br />At an election event in Amethi, Rahul Gandhi had recently said that Congress will form the government in Uttar Pradesh and that will be the focus of the party in the BJP-ruled Hindi heartland.<br /><br />According to sources, Priyanka Gandhi will continue to work on this aim of her brother and start campaigning in the state.<br /><br />In January, Congress general secretary in-charge of eastern UP, Priyanka Gandhi took to active politics when her brother, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, handed her the responsibility of the politically vital Uttar Pradesh.<br /><br />Sources say Priyanka Gandhi will not contest the Lok Sabha elections because Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi are already contesting two seats, the Gandhi bastions of Amethi and Rae Bareli.<br /><br />This comes even as reports came in of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also not being keen on contesting the general elections.<br /><br />As the Congress released its first list of 15 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, speculation was rife over Priyanka being fielded as a candidate as the list prominently featured the names of the two other Gandhis, but not Priyanka.
