Priyanka Gandhi to meet Congress workers in Lucknow on Feb 11

Four days after taking over as AICC general secretary for Uttar Pradesh (east), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is set to visit state capital, Lucknow, on Feb 11.

Accompanied by Jyotiraditya Scindia, who has recently been appointed general secretary for Uttar Pradesh (west), Priyanka will interact Congress workers, social activists at party office in Lucknow on Feb 12, 13 and 14.

Congress national general secretary KC Venugopal told media that the decision was taken at a meeting between the Congress chief, the two general secretaries of Uttar Pradesh and him on Thursday morning.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will accompany Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia on their first trip to the state after taking over as Congress general secretaries for east and west Uttar Pradesh, respectively on Feb 11.

“The Congress president along with the two general secretaries will be part of a procession from the airport to the Pradesh Congress Committee office,” said Venugopal.