Lucknow: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra flagged-off the three 'Pratigya Yatras' from Barabanki on Saturday. The yatras will be taken out from October 23 to November 1.
The Congress leader announced '7 promises of Congress' for upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls. After 40% tickets for women and free scooty and smartphones for girls, Priyanka announced farm loan waiver, 20 lakh government jobs and three other promises at the launch of Pratigya Yatra.
Congress party will bring a separate manifesto for women in Uttar Pradesh, said Priyanka Gandhi.
Responding to a query from ANI on contesting from Rae Bareli or Amethi, Priyanka said: "Ek-na-ek din toh ladna hi hai, na (I will have to fight from there one day, isn’t it?)" She, however, added that the "decision (on contesting the polls) has not yet been taken".
She went on add: "My fight is for a new kind of politics. It is for those who cannot raise their voices… So that change can come here and bring with it the politics of service."
A Congress press release said, the 'Pratigya Yatra' will commence from Barabanki in the Bundelkhand region and will end at Jhansi via Lucknow, Unnao, Fatehpur, Chitrakoot, Banda, Hamirpur and Jalaun. Similarly, in the western Uttar Pradesh region, the yatra will start from Saharanpur and will move through Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Badaun, Aligarh, Hathras, Agra and Mathura.
In Avadh region, the yatra will start from Varanasi and will end at Rae Bareli via Chandauli, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Prayagraj, Pratapgarh and Amethi. During these 'Pratigya Yatras', Priyanka will hold several meetings.
According to party sources, Priyanka is likely to make announcements like women's reservation in education and jobs, free education for women, farmers' loan waiver and rebate in electricity rates during the yatras.
Earlier, she had announced that Congress will give 40 per cent of the total election tickets to women in the state.
Apart from this, she has also promised to give mobile phones and Scooty to the girl students. The Congress is also especially eyeing women voters and is making a conscious effort to neutralize caste-based politics.
