Congress can send Priyanka Gandhi to Rajya Sabha

Congress can send Priyanka Gandhi to Rajya Sabha

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New Delhi: A major reshuffle is expected in the Congress after poor performance in the Delhi Assembly elections. At the same time, new faces are likely to be included in the party organization and Rajya Sabha.

The party is discussing options to send Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi to the upper house of parliament in the biennial elections to be held in April. If sources are to be believed, he is likely to be sent to Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh.

The Congress currently has a shortage of loud voices in the Upper House and in such a situation the party wants to work under a new strategy by sending Priyanka Gandhi.

Priyanka’s name has definitely cropped up within the party, but what will be seen is that Priyanka agrees. At the same time it will also be interesting to see if the top leadership will agree to send him to the Rajya Sabha along with the responsibility of UP.

However, after sending Priyanka to the Rajya Sabha, the party faces charges of promoting dynasty. During the Lok Sabha elections, it was clear that she would contest the by-elections from Amethi later, but the program failed as Rahul Gandhi lost from here, though he won from Wayanad in Kerala.

There were reports that Priyanka Gandhi was keen to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi, but the party’s permission was not granted.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, who lost his seat from Guna in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, is also being considered for another young leader in the Upper House. At the same time, Rahul Gandhi’s partners Milind Deora and Rajiv Satav can get a place from Maharashtra.

If things go according to plan, many veterans will not get a chance to return to the Rajya Sabha. The tenure of Moti Lal Vora, Ambika Soni and Ghulam Nabi Azad is coming to an end later this year.

Of these, Azad may get a seat from Rajasthan, where the Congress has a majority. A source said that where there are two or more seats, a veteran and a young leader are likely to be accommodated in the upper house. If there is one, then other things can also be considered.

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