'Priyanka would do to Congress in UP what she did in Amethi in 2019'

Satyadev Tripathi, a senior Congress man, was expelled in 2019 for indiscipline

ITDC INDIA EPRESS/ITDC NEWS R A former senior Congress leader in Uttar Pradesh has commented that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will bring the same fate to the party in the state as she did to Amethi in the Lok Sabha elections of May 2019.

Priyanka had been the 'face' of her brother Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, which he won three times consecutively from 2004. But he lost to Smriti Irani of the BJP in 2019. This had been one of the biggest electoral upsets of 2019 as Amethi had always been considered a Congress 'safe seat' since 1967, except for four years. Rahul had campaigned elsewhere in the country, making just a solitary appearance at what, in political circles, was referred to as the ‘family bastion’.

Rahul lost the seat by over 55,000 votes.

Satyadev Tripathi, a senior Congress man expelled from the party in 2019 for indiscipline, warned that Priyanka will ensure the same fate for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. Tripathi was a former state-level minister.

The Congress has just seven members in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha.

Earlier on Monday, former Union minister Salman Khurshid had commented Priyanka will be the face of the party in the state elections and that the party will not form any alliances for the polls.