Congress president Rahul Gandhi discussed the party’s strategy for the Lok Sabha polls with general secretaries and in-charges of various states at a meeting on Thursday. It was the first big party meeting for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the newly appointed Congress general secretary for UP. The appointments of Priyanka Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia just months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections are part of Rahul Gandhi’s strategy to revive the party in UP. Read more| Rahul Gandhi to accompany Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on UP visit on February 11The Congress was left out of the alliance of Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh but Rahul Gandhi believes there is political space for the Congress. Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge were among those who attended the meeting of Congress general secretaries at the party headquarters on Thursday.

Source: Hindustan Times February 07, 2019 14:03 UTC