{"id":13918,"date":"2017-12-16T12:50:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T12:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=13918"},"modified":"2017-12-16T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T12:57:00","slug":"not-me-my-mother-will-contest-2019-polls-from-rae-bareli-clarifies-priyanka-gandhi-vadra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/not-me-my-mother-will-contest-2019-polls-from-rae-bareli-clarifies-priyanka-gandhi-vadra\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Me, My Mother Will Contest 2019 Polls From Rae Bareli, Clarifies Priyanka Gandhi Vadra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not Me, My Mother Will Contest 2019 Polls From Rae Bareli, Clarifies Priyanka Gandhi Vadra There is a speculation in the media over Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra assuming an active role in politics to assist her brother, Rahul Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi : Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra today put to rest the speculation over her contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Rae Bareli, saying her mother Sonia Gandhi would again be in the fray from the Parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.<br \/>\nRae Bareli is currently represented in the Lok Sabha by outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who passed on the mantle of the top party post to her son Rahul Gandhi today.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/360_priyanka_sonia_0418-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/360_priyanka_sonia_0418-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/360_priyanka_sonia_0418.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThere is a speculation in the media over Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra assuming an active role in politics to assist her brother, Rahul Gandhi.<br \/>\nThe speculation arose after Sonia Gandhi indicated her &#8220;retirement&#8221; yesterday.<br \/>\nThe Congress had, however, clarified that Sonia Gandhi was only retiring as the Congress president and not from active politics.<br \/>\n&#8220;There is no question of me contesting (the 2019 polls)&#8230;My mother will contest from there (Rae Bareli),&#8221; Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra said after Rahul Gandhi assumed charge as Congress president at an event at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters here.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dc-Cover-7gv3fvu1lme5iriqpu37am04h7-20160708180148.Medi_-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dc-Cover-7gv3fvu1lme5iriqpu37am04h7-20160708180148.Medi_-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dc-Cover-7gv3fvu1lme5iriqpu37am04h7-20160708180148.Medi_-768x430.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dc-Cover-7gv3fvu1lme5iriqpu37am04h7-20160708180148.Medi_.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nShe also lauded her mother, calling her the &#8220;bravest&#8221; woman for overcoming huge difficulties during her record 19- year tenure as the Congress chief.<br \/>\nSonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi (from Amethi) are the only two Congress representatives from Uttar Pradesh in the current Lok Sabha.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not Me, My Mother Will Contest 2019 Polls From Rae Bareli, Clarifies Priyanka Gandhi Vadra There is a speculation in the media over Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra assuming an active role in politics to assist her brother, Rahul Gandhi. 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