In a move ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress has appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as Congress general secretary & in charge of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has been appointed Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh West while KC Venugopal has been named Congress General Secretary .

Bharatiya Janata Party has said that elevation of Priyanka Gandhi as general secretary is because for Congress, family is the party.

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra has said that Congress considers family as the party while BJP considers party as the family. He said that the Congress has accepted that Rahul Gandhi has failed.