With the Congress fighting the perception that its influence is narrowing and is limited to southern India, the party’s leadership in Uttarakhand is now clamouring for general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest from the Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency in the upcoming general election.
The District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents held a meeting in the second week of December, in the context of party’s defeat in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh. There was a near unanimous demand that Ms. Vadra should contest from the Haridwar constituency. The State unit’s demand has been relayed to the party leadership in Delhi.
“This was a suggestion made by many leaders and has been conveyed to the high command. We can put up a good fight in Haridwar and if Priyanka ji agrees, then this is a seat that we can easily win,” Karan Mahara, the party’s Uttarakhand State president told The Hindu.
