Even as the Congress on Monday dismissed reports that Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra would campaign across the country to counter the threat from NDA's
prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, party leaders said on
Tuesday that her name has been proposed as a candidate from Phoolpur
constituency for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in a recent meeting.
According to sources, some party leaders had urged observer Anil Singh to field Priyanka from Phoolpur during a meeting of Allahabad Congress committee on Sunday. It has reportedly passed a resolution requesting Priyanka to contest from Phoolpur constituency, which was in the past represented by her great grandfather and India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Justifying the demand, Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Abhay Avasthi said, "There was a meeting of the district Congress unit on Sunday. Congress is a democratic party and decides democratically who should be standing in the elections. Honourable MLA and all the executive members of Congress presented three propositions. One of the propositions suggested that one of the members of Nehru family should be projected for Phoolpur seat."
"Priyanka Gandhi-ji is the only potential candidate left in Nehru family who will be suitable for this proposition. We leave this decision on Congress president Sonia Gandhi-ji and vice-president Rahul Gandhi-ji. We have also said that we are not fine with any other candidate for this seat and we will treat the candidate like our own family and provide our full support," Avasthi added.
Congress general secretary Ajay Maken had on Monday charged TV news channels with spreading disinformation on Priyanka's role in next general election to divert people's attention from the temple tragedy in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district on Sunday. Denying reports that Priyanka would campaign across the country, Maken had said that she would only address rallies in Amethi and Raebareli constituencies.
According to sources, some party leaders had urged observer Anil Singh to field Priyanka from Phoolpur during a meeting of Allahabad Congress committee on Sunday. It has reportedly passed a resolution requesting Priyanka to contest from Phoolpur constituency, which was in the past represented by her great grandfather and India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Justifying the demand, Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Abhay Avasthi said, "There was a meeting of the district Congress unit on Sunday. Congress is a democratic party and decides democratically who should be standing in the elections. Honourable MLA and all the executive members of Congress presented three propositions. One of the propositions suggested that one of the members of Nehru family should be projected for Phoolpur seat."
"Priyanka Gandhi-ji is the only potential candidate left in Nehru family who will be suitable for this proposition. We leave this decision on Congress president Sonia Gandhi-ji and vice-president Rahul Gandhi-ji. We have also said that we are not fine with any other candidate for this seat and we will treat the candidate like our own family and provide our full support," Avasthi added.
Congress general secretary Ajay Maken had on Monday charged TV news channels with spreading disinformation on Priyanka's role in next general election to divert people's attention from the temple tragedy in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district on Sunday. Denying reports that Priyanka would campaign across the country, Maken had said that she would only address rallies in Amethi and Raebareli constituencies.
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