Congress general secretary and incharge of Western Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday sought to distance herself from any comparisons with her grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Responding to her being compared to Indira Gandhi, Priyanka said, “I am not a patch on Indira Gandhi. Whether you give us a chance or not, we’ll serve you.”This is not the first time that she has been compared to her grandmother Indira Gandhi. Hours after Congress president Rahul Gandhi had announced her entry into politics, posters comparing Priyanka had come sprung up in Lucknow with the slogan “Indira is back”. On Thursday, Rahul Gandhi, in an interview to a national daily had said skirted the question regarding Priyanka’s possible candidature saying, “I will leave you in suspense.

Source: Hindustan Times April 19, 2019 15:22 UTC