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RAE BARELI: Priyanka Gandhi today committed a faux pas naming Madhya Pradesh, ruled by arch rival BJP, as one of the fast developing states, a 'slip of the tongue' she corrected immediately.

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Days ahead of polling in the Assembly constituencies in Amethi and Rae Bareli, the Congress today petitioned the Election Commission seeking 'debarring' of Swami Prasad Maurya, state BSP chief and senior minister in Mayawati's Cabinet, who hails from the region, from visiting both the Lok Sabha segments.

Exhorting voters to change the 'negative politics' prevalent in UP for the past 22 years, Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday said leaders should get the message that they will not get support if they do no work for progress.

New Delhi, Feb 11: Nearly 35 percent of the major candidates in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh polls scheduled Feb 19 have criminal background, a report from a thinktank said.

The presence of young Raihan and Miraya, the two children of Priyanka Gandhi, in electioneering in Amethi and Rae Bareli on Thursday revived among old Congress supporters memories of days when late Rajiv Gandhi used to bring his family for campaigning.

Robert Vadra's remarks came during Priyanka's roadshow in UP, at a press interaction on the sidelines of a Congress rally in Amethi, Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency.

The veteran Congress leader was elected from the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency four times and represented Rae Bareli constituency once.

RAE BARELI: Priyanka Gandhi today said the central focus of her brother Rahul Gandhi's politics is not to become Prime Minister and the question does not arise at the moment.

Lucknow, Feb 3: In a move to boost the Congress campaign led by her brother Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Friday addressed public meetings in his parliamentary constituency Amethi and asked the people "to vote for change" in the state, ruled by non-Congress parties since 1989.

Of Abhilasha's declared assets, Rs 51.95 crore is movable, including a business loan of Rs 39.71 crore she has given.

Zeenews Bureau Lucknow: The battle for Uttar Pradesh is set to heat up on Wednesday when two leading ladies, state Chief Minister Mayawati and Congress president Sonia Gandhi hitting the campaign trail.

Locals in Congress party's pocket borough Rae Bareli, including Congress members, may be fond of Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul but feel it is Priyanka Vadra who has the mettle and charisma of her late grandmother Indira Gandhi and is more capable of bringing about a sea change in the country's politics.

The fourth phase, which would cover 56 of the state's 403 assembly constituencies, spread across Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Unnao, Prataprarh, Kannauj, Banda, Chitrakoot and Fatehpur districts, would determine the fate of 32 sitting legislators, three ministers and a dozen former ministers.

Priyanka Gandhi steps from the shadows By Sudha Ramachandran BANGALORE - The Congress party appears to be readying to deploy its most powerful vote catcher, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in the crucial electoral battle for the Uttar Pradesh state assembly.

After Priyanka Gandhi promised to do anything to help brother Rahul in electioneering, Congress today released a list of 40 star campaigners, including her name, for the first phase of polling in 55 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh on February 8. Besides Priyanka, the list carries the names of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia ... (more)

Sitting Congress MLA Shiv Balak Pasi today offered to leave his Salon Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh for Priyanka Gandhi in case she wished to jump in the electoral fray.

Priyanka's decision to campaign all over the state for her brother only goes to underscore the high stakes that the UP election entails for Rahul Gandhi, says Neerja Chowdhury Priyanka Vadra 's offer to campaign for her brother all over Uttar Pradesh, if Rahul so desires, has reopened the electoral game in Uttar Pradesh.

New Delhi, Jan. 16: A Congress delegation today complained to the Election Commission against chief minister Mayawati's 'blatant misuse' of the Uttar Pradesh bureaucracy for electoral gains.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra spent more than 10 hours meeting workers from Assembly constituencies of family pocket boroughs Amethi and Rae Bareli on Monday.