Three of her closest relatives were heads of state in India, now Priyanka Gandhi is also in politics. The 47-year-old takes on an important position before the parliamentary elections in May.
Prior to the May general election expected in India, 47-year-old Priyanka Gandhi has officially entered the big political scene. Gandhi, whose father Rajiv Gandhi, grandmother Indira Gandhi and great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru were heads of government, was elected chairman of the opposition Congress Party in the east of Uttar Pradesh. Informally she was already active in earlier election campaigns.
With more than 200 million inhabitants, the state is considered particularly politically significant. He places 80 MPs in the lower house in New Delhi.
The stated goal of the Congress Party is to place it before the ruling Hindu nationalists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi’s constituency is in the east of Uttar Pradesh, in the pilgrim town of Varanasi on the Ganges.
Rahul Gandhi, 48-year-old brother of Priyanka Gandhi and chairman of the congressional party, said he was „very happy“ that his „extremely capable and hard-working sister“ would now work with him. The party said Priyanka will begin work in February.
