AGRA: Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid has said Priyanka Gandhi would likely be the CM face for the party in the 2022 UP elections and the Congress would not enter into any alliance with any other political party.
Khurshid’s claims before the media are apparently contrary to Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s earlier statements that her party is open to forging alliances with other political parties for the UP assembly polls.
While interacting with media persons in the city on Sunday, Khurshid said, “We have our calculations and there is no point in forging any alliance, if we are not getting seats that we ask from our alliance partners. We are preparing a manifesto for 2022 assembly polls after visiting every corner of Uttar Pradesh and there is a clear indication that alliances will not help us.”
On being asked about the CM’s face by Congress party, Khurshid, said that the party’s face is Priyanka Gandhi. He, however, said, “Priyanka hasn’t officially announced this yet, so, even we can’t do it, but the party will fight the elections under her leadership.”
Khurshid said, “We are visiting cities to prepare our manifesto on directions of Priyanka ji and there is no need to label this.”
After interacting with people in Tora village, Khurshid said people’s issues like widows pensions will be added in the manifesto. He was accompanied by party's national spokesperson Supriya Shrinate.
In July this year, Priyanka Gandhi told reporters in Lucknow: “I do not rule out (alliance). We are absolutely not closed-minded. We are having an open mind.” She also added that the party’s aim is to defeat BJP, and other parties should also be open-minded.
