The newly inducted Congress general secretary and party incharge for Uttar Pradesh (east) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been made in-charge of 43 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Priyanka has been given charge of the party affairs in eastern UP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi and CM Yogi Adityanath's stronghold Gorakhpur fall in the region. She is also learnt to have discussed the party's strategy for the area ahead of Lok Sabha elections during informal meetings held on Tuesday.
The first big task for Priyanka would be to infuse life in a crumbling Congress in eastern UP, where it got dislodged first in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and then in the state Assembly elections 2017.
Newly sworn in Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay shared a headline-grabbing selfie moment with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shortly after taking oath in Chennai, adding a viral political-pop culture touch to the historic ceremony.
TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid a sea of supporters, his friends and family, and several political leaders. Eight other TVK leaders were sworn in besides him, as ministers in the new government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended the ceremony. The TVK managed to secure the Governor's nod to form the government after the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the VCK, and IUML extended their support to the Vijay-led party for a colaition government.
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Yogi Adityanath on Saturday presented a saffron gamcha to Suvendu Adhikari, shortly after the latter took oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal. The crowd also erupted into a loud cheer as the scene unfolded at the swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata. This was at least the second such instance in recent weeks when the duo's bonhomie was witnessed publicly. Earlier, during the election campaign in the state, a powerful scene was witnessed when Adhikari bowed down at the feet of the UP Chief Minister as a mark of respect.
