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| name | | name = Priyanka Gandhi | ||
| image | | image = Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (6).jpg | ||
| caption | | caption = Gandhi in 2019 | ||
| office | | office = [[Indian National Congress|General Secretary of Indian National Congress]] | ||
| term_start | | term_start = 11 September 2020 | ||
| term_end | | term_end = | ||
| president | | president = [[Sonia Gandhi]] {{small|(interim)}} | ||
| predecessor = Position Created | | predecessor = Position Created | ||
| successor | | successor = | ||
| office1 | | office1 = General Secretary of <br/> [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] for [[Eastern Uttar Pradesh]] | ||
| term_start1 | | term_start1 = 4 February 2019 | ||
| term_end1 | | term_end1 = 11 September 2020 | ||
| president1 | | president1 = [[Sonia Gandhi]] {{small|(interim)}} | ||
| predecessor1 = | | predecessor1 = | ||
| successor1 | | successor1 = Position abolished | ||
| birth_date | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|1|12}} | ||
| birth_place = New Delhi, India | | birth_place = New Delhi, India | ||
| death_date | | death_date = | ||
| death_place = | | death_place = | ||
| party | | party = [[Indian National Congress]] | ||
| spouse | | spouse = {{marriage|[[Robert Vadra]]|1997}} | ||
| children | | children = 2 | ||
| parents | | parents = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]<br />[[Sonia Gandhi]] | ||
| relatives | | relatives = ''See [[Nehru–Gandhi family]]'' | ||
| alma_mater | | alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]] ([[B.A]], [[M.A]]) | ||
| signature | | signature = Signature of Priyanka Vadra.svg | ||
| website | | website = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Priyanka Gandhi'''<!-- | '''Priyanka Gandhi Vadra'''<!--The article should start with the legal name, rather than the common one--> (''[[née]]'' '''Gandhi'''; born 12 January 1972) is an Indian politician and the general secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee]] in charge of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She is the daughter of [[Rajiv Gandhi]] and [[Sonia Gandhi]], sister of [[Rahul Gandhi]], and granddaughter of [[Feroze Gandhi|Feroze]] and [[Indira Gandhi]], making her a member of the politically prominent [[Nehru-Gandhi family]]. She is also a [[trustee]] of [[Rajiv Gandhi Foundation]]. | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Priyanka Gandhi did her schooling at [[Modern School (New Delhi)]] and at [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/priyanka-gandhi.html}}</ref> She obtained a bachelor's degree in [[Psychology]] from [[Jesus and Mary College]], [[University of Delhi]],<ref name="facts">{{cite news|title=Facts about Gandhi|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/know-more-about-priyanka-gandhi-vadra-who-turns-44-today_1844262.html|access-date=1 May 2017|work=Zee Media|agency=Zee Media Corporation Company|publisher=[[Zee News]]|date=12 January 2016}}</ref> and later a master's degree in [[Buddhist studies]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20120220-up-polls-2012-robert-vadra-congress-priyanka-gandhi-family-757318-2012-02-11|title=UP polls 2012: Robert Vadra bids for a place in Gandhi family power structure|last1=February 11|first1=Bhavna Vij-Aurora New Delhi|last2=February 20|first2=2012 ISSUE DATE|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01|last3=February 20|first3=2012UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2012 13:02}}</ref> | Priyanka Gandhi did her schooling at [[Modern School (New Delhi)]] and at [[Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/priyanka-gandhi.html|title=Priyanka Gandhi Biography|website=elections.in|access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref> She obtained a bachelor's degree in [[Psychology]] from [[Jesus and Mary College]], [[University of Delhi]],<ref name="facts">{{cite news|title=Facts about Gandhi|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/know-more-about-priyanka-gandhi-vadra-who-turns-44-today_1844262.html|access-date=1 May 2017|work=Zee Media|agency=Zee Media Corporation Company|publisher=[[Zee News]]|date=12 January 2016}}</ref> and later a master's degree in [[Buddhist studies]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20120220-up-polls-2012-robert-vadra-congress-priyanka-gandhi-family-757318-2012-02-11|title=UP polls 2012: Robert Vadra bids for a place in Gandhi family power structure|last1=February 11|first1=Bhavna Vij-Aurora New Delhi|last2=February 20|first2=2012 ISSUE DATE|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01|last3=February 20|first3=2012UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2012 13:02}}</ref> | ||
== | ==Political career== | ||
In the [[2004 Indian general election]], she was her mother's campaign manager and helped supervise her brother [[Rahul Gandhi]]'s campaign.<ref name="2004elections">{{cite web|title=Priyanka may be assigned 100 constituencies|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/mar/02cong.htm|website=Rediff.com|access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> In the [[2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections]], while [[Rahul Gandhi]] managed the statewide campaign, she focused on the ten seats in the Amethi [[Rae Bareilly]] region, spending two weeks there trying to quell considerable infighting within the party workers over seat allocations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-weighing-possibility-of-priyanka-gandhis-role-in-up-election-campaign/articleshow/53041154.cms?from=mdr|title= Priyanka Gandhi - The Economic Times|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-11-07|date= 4 July 2016|last1= Rana|first1= Uday}}</ref> | Gandhi had regularly visited her mother's and brother's constituencies of [[Rae Bareilly]] and [[Amethi]] where she dealt with the people directly.<ref name="amethi">{{cite news|title=Priyanka Vadra returns to campaign in Amethi|work=[[India Today]]|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> In the [[2004 Indian general election]], she was her mother's campaign manager and helped supervise her brother [[Rahul Gandhi]]'s campaign.<ref name="2004elections">{{cite web|title=Priyanka may be assigned 100 constituencies|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/mar/02cong.htm|website=Rediff.com|access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> In the [[2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections]], while [[Rahul Gandhi]] managed the statewide campaign, she focused on the ten seats in the Amethi [[Rae Bareilly]] region, spending two weeks there trying to quell considerable infighting within the party workers over seat allocations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-weighing-possibility-of-priyanka-gandhis-role-in-up-election-campaign/articleshow/53041154.cms?from=mdr|title= Priyanka Gandhi - The Economic Times|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-11-07|date= 4 July 2016|last1= Rana|first1= Uday}}</ref> | ||
On January 23, 2019, Priyanka Gandhi | ===Active politics and AICC General Secretary=== | ||
On January 23, 2019, Priyanka Gandhi officially entered politics, being appointed the Congress' General Secretary in charge of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/rahul-appoints-priyanka-gandhi-as-aicc-general-secretary-for-east-up-119012300439_1.html|title=Priyanka Gandhi appointed Congress party general secretary for UP-east|last=Team|first=BS Web|date=23 January 2019|website=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> She was appointed General Secretary incharge of entire Uttar Pradesh on 11 September 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/1304448306542772233| title=Congress appoints Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh|work=ANI UP/Uttarakhand|date= 11 Sep 2020|access-date=4 Jan 2022}}</ref> In October 2021, Gandhi was detained by police, who cited a ban on gatherings, while on her way to [[Agra]] to meet the family members of a man who allegedly died in police custody.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shilpi Sen, Ashish Mishra|date=October 20, 2021|title=Priyanka Gandhi detained on way to meet family of Agra man who died in police custody|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/congress-priyanka-gandhi-detained-up-police-agra-police-custody-death-1867047-2021-10-20|url-status=live|website=IndiaToday}}</ref> | |||
===2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election=== | |||
Priyanka Gandhi launched Congress party's Uttar Pradesh poll campaign from [[Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh|Barabanki]] on 23 October 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-priyanka-gandhi-vadra-kicks-off-congress-poll-campaign-with-seven-vows/articleshow/87230438.cms| title=Uttar Pradesh: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra kicks off Congress poll campaign with seven vows|newspaper=The Times Of India|date= 23 Oct 2021|access-date=4 Jan 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/priyanka-launches-up-poll-campaign-with-loan-waiver-pledge-328770| title=Priyanka Gandhi launches UP poll campaign with loan waiver pledge|newspaper=The Tribune India|date= 24 Oct 2021|access-date=4 Jan 2022}}</ref> Congress party will be fighting the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election under the leadership of Gandhi.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/congress-uttar-pradesh-election-priyanka-gandhi-vadra-salman-khurshid-1852125-2021-09-13| title=Congress will contest UP election under Priyanka Gandhi's leadership: Salman Khurshid|work=India Today|date= 13 Sep 2021|access-date=4 Jan 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/priyanka-gandhi-will-be-face-of-congs-election-campaign-in-up-says-pl-punia/article37036008.ece| title=Priyanka Gandhi will be face of Congress election campaign in U.P., says P.L. Punia|work=The Hindu|date= 17 Oct 2021|access-date=4 Jan 2022}}</ref> She's likely to be the Chief Minister face from Congress during [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].{{Efn|Likelihood is presumed from the factor that Gandhi has been the sole face of election rally so far. <ref>https://www.google.com/search?q=congress+2022+uttar+pradesh+cm+candidate&bih=657&biw=1366&rlz=1C1ONGR_enIN975IN976&hl=en&tbm=nws&sxsrf=AOaemvK2YP-jox7TZc4RCe__Cr0pT1oOxQ%3A1635334455277&ei=Nzl5YbywENCR9QPzg5HgCA&oq=congress+2022+uttar+pradesh+cm+candidate&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i10i160k1l2.27027.30355.0.30501.15.15.0.0.0.0.281.1873.0j8j2.10.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..5.10.1872...0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1j33i22i29i30k1.0.cgNBr4MuFxg</ref>}} | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
[[File:Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.jpg|thumb|left| | [[File:Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.jpg|thumb|left|Gandhi (right) and brother Rahul (left), in an election rally]] | ||
[[File:Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (1).jpg|thumb| | [[File:Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (1).jpg|thumb|Gandhi Vadra at an election rally]] | ||
She is married to [[Robert Vadra]], a businessman from Delhi. The wedding took place at the Gandhi home, [[10 Janpath]], on 18 February 1997 in a traditional [[Hindu]] ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.in/news/feb/10gandhi.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913041240/http://www.rediff.in/news/feb/10gandhi.htm |archive-date=13 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/who-is-robert-vadra/1/224119.html "Who is Robert Vadra?"], India Today, 10 October 2011; retrieved 15 February 2013.</ref> They have two children; a son | She is married to [[Robert Vadra]], a businessman from Delhi. The wedding took place at the Gandhi home, [[10 Janpath]], on 18 February 1997 in a traditional [[Hindu]] ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.in/news/feb/10gandhi.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913041240/http://www.rediff.in/news/feb/10gandhi.htm |archive-date=13 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/who-is-robert-vadra/1/224119.html "Who is Robert Vadra?"], India Today, 10 October 2011; retrieved 15 February 2013.</ref> They have two children; a son and a daughter. She follows [[Buddhist philosophy]] and practices [[Vipassanā]] as taught by [[S. N. Goenka]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Priyanka Gandhi Vadra|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?239775|publisher=The Outlook|access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/unknown-facts-priyanka-gandhi-indira-gandhi-robert-beautiful-19243.html?page=6|title=10 facts to know about Priyanka Gandhi|date=2014-08-01|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160617/https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/unknown-facts-priyanka-gandhi-indira-gandhi-robert-beautiful-19243.html?page=6|archive-date=5 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{clear}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [[List of political families]] | * [[List of political families]] | ||
* [[Nehru-Gandhi family]] | * [[Nehru-Gandhi family]] | ||
== Notes == | |||
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==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 01:43, 5 January 2022
Priyanka Gandhi | |
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File:Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (6).jpg Gandhi in 2019 | |
General Secretary of Indian National Congress | |
Assumed office 11 September 2020 | |
President | Sonia Gandhi (interim) |
Preceded by | Position Created |
General Secretary of AICC for Eastern Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 4 February 2019 – 11 September 2020 | |
President | Sonia Gandhi (interim) |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | New Delhi, India | 12 January 1972
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse(s) | ( m. 1997) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Rajiv Gandhi Sonia Gandhi |
Relatives | See Nehru–Gandhi family |
Alma mater | University of Delhi (B.A, M.A) |
Signature | ![]() |
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (née Gandhi; born 12 January 1972) is an Indian politician and the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee in charge of Uttar Pradesh. She is the daughter of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, sister of Rahul Gandhi, and granddaughter of Feroze and Indira Gandhi, making her a member of the politically prominent Nehru-Gandhi family. She is also a trustee of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.
Early life and education
Priyanka Gandhi did her schooling at Modern School (New Delhi) and at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi.[1] She obtained a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi,[2] and later a master's degree in Buddhist studies in 2010.[3]
Political career
Gandhi had regularly visited her mother's and brother's constituencies of Rae Bareilly and Amethi where she dealt with the people directly.[4] In the 2004 Indian general election, she was her mother's campaign manager and helped supervise her brother Rahul Gandhi's campaign.[5] In the 2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, while Rahul Gandhi managed the statewide campaign, she focused on the ten seats in the Amethi Rae Bareilly region, spending two weeks there trying to quell considerable infighting within the party workers over seat allocations.[6]
Active politics and AICC General Secretary
On January 23, 2019, Priyanka Gandhi officially entered politics, being appointed the Congress' General Secretary in charge of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh.[7] She was appointed General Secretary incharge of entire Uttar Pradesh on 11 September 2020.[8] In October 2021, Gandhi was detained by police, who cited a ban on gatherings, while on her way to Agra to meet the family members of a man who allegedly died in police custody.[9]
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Priyanka Gandhi launched Congress party's Uttar Pradesh poll campaign from Barabanki on 23 October 2021.[10][11] Congress party will be fighting the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election under the leadership of Gandhi.[12][13] She's likely to be the Chief Minister face from Congress during 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[lower-alpha 1]
Personal life
She is married to Robert Vadra, a businessman from Delhi. The wedding took place at the Gandhi home, 10 Janpath, on 18 February 1997 in a traditional Hindu ceremony.[15][16] They have two children; a son and a daughter. She follows Buddhist philosophy and practices Vipassanā as taught by S. N. Goenka.[17][18]
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ "Priyanka Gandhi Biography". elections.in. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Facts about Gandhi". Zee Media. Zee News. Zee Media Corporation Company. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ↑ February 11, Bhavna Vij-Aurora New Delhi; February 20, 2012 ISSUE DATE; February 20, 2012UPDATED; Ist, 2012 13:02. "UP polls 2012: Robert Vadra bids for a place in Gandhi family power structure". India Today. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Priyanka Vadra returns to campaign in Amethi". India Today. 16 January 2012.
- ↑ "Priyanka may be assigned 100 constituencies". Rediff.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ↑ Rana, Uday (4 July 2016). "Priyanka Gandhi - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ↑ Team, BS Web (23 January 2019). "Priyanka Gandhi appointed Congress party general secretary for UP-east". Business Standard. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ↑ "Congress appoints Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh". ANI UP/Uttarakhand. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ Shilpi Sen, Ashish Mishra (20 October 2021). "Priyanka Gandhi detained on way to meet family of Agra man who died in police custody". IndiaToday.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Uttar Pradesh: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra kicks off Congress poll campaign with seven vows". The Times Of India. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ "Priyanka Gandhi launches UP poll campaign with loan waiver pledge". The Tribune India. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ "Congress will contest UP election under Priyanka Gandhi's leadership: Salman Khurshid". India Today. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ "Priyanka Gandhi will be face of Congress election campaign in U.P., says P.L. Punia". The Hindu. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ https://www.google.com/search?q=congress+2022+uttar+pradesh+cm+candidate&bih=657&biw=1366&rlz=1C1ONGR_enIN975IN976&hl=en&tbm=nws&sxsrf=AOaemvK2YP-jox7TZc4RCe__Cr0pT1oOxQ%3A1635334455277&ei=Nzl5YbywENCR9QPzg5HgCA&oq=congress+2022+uttar+pradesh+cm+candidate&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i10i160k1l2.27027.30355.0.30501.15.15.0.0.0.0.281.1873.0j8j2.10.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..5.10.1872...0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1j33i22i29i30k1.0.cgNBr4MuFxg
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 September 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Who is Robert Vadra?", India Today, 10 October 2011; retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ "Priyanka Gandhi Vadra". The Outlook. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ↑ "10 facts to know about Priyanka Gandhi". 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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