New Delhi: On the first day of her campaign, Priyanka Gandhi hit the BJP where she felt it would hurt the most. Skipping any direct reference to Union minister Smriti Irani, Priyanka gunned for Prime Minster Narendra Modi, asking why should Uttar Pradesh need an outsider like him? This in the context of the PM saying recently at a rally that he had adopted UP as his state.
An unstoppable Priyanka played the women card asking why any woman should be referred to as someone's wife or sister?
But close advisors of Priyanka refer to this infighting and the tough spot for the Congress in the bastions of the Gandhis as reasons why she should curtail her travel plans. Despite hectic campaigning by Priyanka in 2012, the Congress came up with a poor performance. But then, Rahul Gandhi had not emerged as Congress's counter to the PM.
As Rahul's attacks against the PM become sharper, the BJP is increasing its focus on Amethi and Raebareli.
A poor performance by the Congress here after a hectic campaigning by Priyanka would be seen as the failure of the Congress's ultimate trump card.
In Amethi, too, while Gayatri Prajapati is contesting from SP ticket, Ameeta Singh is the Congress candidate. But it is Sanjay Singh's first wife Gayatri Devi who the BJP has put up who could steal the show. This would be a huge blow for the Congress and the Gandhis specially.
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