After poor performances across the country, and barely managing to restore its presence in the states, Congress has finally unfurled its political strategy for Uttar Pradesh state elections to be conducted in 2017. Despite cries for bringing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the party high-command has poached Sheila Dikshit from her never-ending sabbatical to pilot the UP elections. Congress veteran has been a power of reckoning, serving as the Delhi CM from 1998 till 2013.
Will Delhi’s experience serve good for UP?
Congress has not tasted success in UP for more than thirty years and relying on a three-time CM is not a great prospect for a party that has had a legacy of Phoenix-like resurgence.
Congress is retracting faster than the economy in Uttar Pradesh. With just 44 members in Lok Sabha, the party has lost major state elections in Delhi, Haryana, Assam, Kerala and West Bengal. It’s fortress in Uttarkhand and Arunachal Pradesh barely managed to serve the President’s rule with agonizing panic.
When it comes to leadership within the party, Rahul Gandhi’s promotion as the party president is highly questionable. Here Dikshit’s experience is unchallenged, only to be shattered by the new entrant, Aam Aadmi Party’s Arvind Kejriwal. She was however quickly sworn in as the Governor of Kerala in March 2014, which she chaired till August 2014 before resigning. Quite a political legacy she has earned for herself.
Sheila Dikshit’s UP Connection
Political News in Hindi states between 1984 and 1989, Dikshit represented the Kannauj constituency, serving as the Minster of State for Parliamentary Affairs and then as a MoS-PMO. Her experience in UP is rather inspirational where she led many campaigns for women and under-privileged communities in the state.
She was married to Vinod Diskhit with an ancestral base at Unnao, 60 kilometres from UP’s capital- Lucknow. Even Sheila Dikshit acknowledged that she is ready to take up any role in the party political circle of Uttar Pradesh, and be represented as the “Daughter in Law” of the state.
What is in store for Congress: Agony or rejoice
Congress seemingly hired the kingmaker, Prashant Kishor to manage the image and political resurgence in Uttar Pradesh. His first strategy was to make Priyanka the face of the party in the state. However, Priyanka has stayed away from any limelight so far. Her participation in campaigns is however very much on, even if she chooses to be out of power.
Live Hindi News is buzz with the fact that this is the first time that Congress has decided its chief ministerial candidate much ahead of their usual practice. The coordination committee is headed by Sanjay Puri and Pramod Tiwari who will try to do much more than what they did in 2014 elections- where they won just two seats!
Things don’t take much time to change. If all goes as planned by the Golden Boy Kishor, the party may come to power, or play a strong role as a key political ally... if otherwise, the party is all set for total annihilation from the glorious pages of Uttar Pradesh history.
Will Delhi’s experience serve good for UP?
Congress has not tasted success in UP for more than thirty years and relying on a three-time CM is not a great prospect for a party that has had a legacy of Phoenix-like resurgence.
Congress is retracting faster than the economy in Uttar Pradesh. With just 44 members in Lok Sabha, the party has lost major state elections in Delhi, Haryana, Assam, Kerala and West Bengal. It’s fortress in Uttarkhand and Arunachal Pradesh barely managed to serve the President’s rule with agonizing panic.
When it comes to leadership within the party, Rahul Gandhi’s promotion as the party president is highly questionable. Here Dikshit’s experience is unchallenged, only to be shattered by the new entrant, Aam Aadmi Party’s Arvind Kejriwal. She was however quickly sworn in as the Governor of Kerala in March 2014, which she chaired till August 2014 before resigning. Quite a political legacy she has earned for herself.
Sheila Dikshit’s UP Connection
Political News in Hindi states between 1984 and 1989, Dikshit represented the Kannauj constituency, serving as the Minster of State for Parliamentary Affairs and then as a MoS-PMO. Her experience in UP is rather inspirational where she led many campaigns for women and under-privileged communities in the state.
She was married to Vinod Diskhit with an ancestral base at Unnao, 60 kilometres from UP’s capital- Lucknow. Even Sheila Dikshit acknowledged that she is ready to take up any role in the party political circle of Uttar Pradesh, and be represented as the “Daughter in Law” of the state.
What is in store for Congress: Agony or rejoice
Congress seemingly hired the kingmaker, Prashant Kishor to manage the image and political resurgence in Uttar Pradesh. His first strategy was to make Priyanka the face of the party in the state. However, Priyanka has stayed away from any limelight so far. Her participation in campaigns is however very much on, even if she chooses to be out of power.
Live Hindi News is buzz with the fact that this is the first time that Congress has decided its chief ministerial candidate much ahead of their usual practice. The coordination committee is headed by Sanjay Puri and Pramod Tiwari who will try to do much more than what they did in 2014 elections- where they won just two seats!
Things don’t take much time to change. If all goes as planned by the Golden Boy Kishor, the party may come to power, or play a strong role as a key political ally... if otherwise, the party is all set for total annihilation from the glorious pages of Uttar Pradesh history.
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