PTI, NEW DELHI: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday took charge as AICC general secretary and will helm the party’s affairs in Uttar Pradesh East.
She arrived at the party headquarters at Akbar Road after dropping her husband at the office of the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in a money laundering case. She also met some party workers and leaders from the Hindi heartland state.
During her 15-minute stay at the party office, security personnel had a hard time controlling the crowd that had gathered there.
The atmosphere at the AICC headquarters was electric. Priyanka’s official entry into politics is expected to boost the morale of the party workers in Uttar Pradesh, the state which sends 80 MPs to Lok Sabha.
A large number of party workers welcomed her by raising slogans of “Priyanka Gandhi aayi hai, nayi roshni layi hai” (Priyanka Gandhi has come, she has brought light).
“I am extremely happy to be here,” Priyanka told reporters soon after she reached the Congress headquarters.
She thanked her brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi for entrusting her with the responsibility and said people of Uttar Pradesh had given a lot to her family.
