Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said on Monday that she had no immediate plans to take up a more active role in Uttar Pradesh politics. Priyanka Gandhi has so far confined her electoral campaigning to constituencies of her mother and brother Rahul Gandhi (Rae Bareli and Amethi). The party has also not won any major state assembly poll since its debacle in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Earlier in her inaugural address, Sonia Gandhi said Indira Gandhi was not just a figure of history for her, but was her mother-in-law and, more so, a mother to her. The Congress chief also expressed sorrow over the tragic rail accident in Kanpur on Sunday that claimed over a hundred lives.

Source: Hindustan Times November 21, 2016 14:50 UTC