special | Will Priyanka Gandhi contest the 2022 assembly elections? Congress leader’s reply

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday kept secret on her prospects of contesting the ballot battle in the upcoming assembly polls and said “right decision will be taken at right time”. There is speculation that the Congress General Secretary may make his electoral debut in the assembly elections to be held next year.

When asked whether she would go for the polls, Priyanka Gandhi kept her options open and said, “It is not decided yet. There is some time in the election and I will think about it and take a decision later. Today’s After the announcement, whether a woman would be projected as the CM face in the state, she was also not going ahead and said, “I will tell it later when I want.”

The Congress is relying on the big-ticket promises being made by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the 2022 assembly elections in UP, with the party general secretary focusing on women voters in the state.

In a special conversation with India TV, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that Congress has always thought of taking women forward because it understands very well that women are the foundation of this country.

She said in a statement, ‘India’s first woman Prime Minister was from the Congress. The first woman President of the country was also from the Congress, but not only this, under the leadership of Sonia ji, the Congress party got 33 percent reservation. Today 50 percent reservation in panchayats is there because Congress always fought for women.

Terming BJP’s ideology as ‘anti-women’, Priyanka Gandhi said, “When we talk about women’s power, their freedom and when we want that such an environment should be created in the state and the country, so that women can have freedom of expression.” . From Bandhan, we will never talk about BJP’s ideology as it is basically anti-women ideology.”

Earlier on Wednesday, Priyanka Gandhi released a manifesto for women titled ‘Shakti Vidhan’, which she feels could be a game-changer for the party in the elections to the 403-member UP Assembly.

Priyanka Gandhi has promised that if the Congress comes to power, it will allocate 40 per cent to the Congress, aiming to create 20 lakh new jobs for women in the state.

Also, businesses looking to increase their female workforce by 50 percent will be provided incentives, including tax exemptions.

The manifesto also promised 25 per cent reservation for women in the state police force, while each police station would have at least one woman officer and constable. A law for suspension of officers will be made for non-compliance of section 4 of the Atrocities Act within 10 days of receiving a complaint of an offense like rape.

Apart from these, every girl studying in 10+2 will get a smartphone, while girls enrolled in the undergraduate program will get a scooty.

According to the manifesto, women will travel free of cost in government buses, apart from getting three free gas cylinders every year. This is one of the many promises made in the ‘Shakti Vidhan’.

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