Priyanka joins Rahul in UP poll campaign
Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of India's ruling party President Sonia Gandhi, yesterday joined her brother Rahul in the campaign for Uttar Pradesh (UP) state legislative elections telling party workers to bury internal differences.
To keep a watch on groupism, flying squad teams would be constituted at village level which would be known by a secret code, Priyanka told the workers of Tiloi Assembly segment, according to party sources.
Priyanka began her three-day tour of Amethi and Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituencies of Rahul and Sonia respectively.
The sources said she told the workers to forget internal differences and work for success of the party in the polls in a state where Congress has been out of power since mid-1980s.
"Time is very short, party workers should reach the people in villages and inform the electorate about welfare schemes of Congress and UPA government and master support for party candidates," the sources quoted Priyanka as saying.
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