In a big show of strength in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra started her roadshow in Varanasi on Wednesday evening. Accompanied by Congress candidate for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat against Mr. Modi, Ms. Priyanka Gandhi began by garlanding the statue of Madan Mohan Malviya at the gates of the Banaras Hindu University. Ms. Priyanka Gandhi and other leaders, including Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, waved at the large crowd as the procession wound its way through Varanasi’s roads. The local unit of the Congress had made elaborate arrangements to pull in the crowds for the roadshow, a party leader said. Like Mr. Modi’s roadshow, Ms. Priyanka Gandhi’s event will also end at the Dashashwamedh ghat.

Source: The Hindu May 15, 2019 13:52 UTC