Congress president Rahul Gandhi will accompany Priyanka Gandhi Vadra when she arrives on her first visit to Uttar Pradesh on February 11 after taking up the post of the party’s general secretary in-charge of the state’s eastern region. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra formally assumed charge as the Congress general secretary in New Delhi on Tuesday. “Yes, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will reach Lucknow on February 11. Also read: Day 1 in office: Priyanka Gandhi talks UP strategy, to join Twitter soonA decision in this regard was taken after a meeting of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with the president of the Congress state unit Raj Babbar in New Delhi on Thursday. Rahul Gandhi had said he tasked both Priyanka and Jyotiraditya with a mission after he announced their appointment.

Source: Hindustan Times February 07, 2019 08:03 UTC