Priyanka Gandhi asks people to realize the power of their votesApril 27th, 2009 RAE BARELI - Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Monday asked people to realize the power of their votes, saying no one can become a leader or get into the government without the support of the people. "By your support, development and change take place.
Rahul Gandhi an institution builder like dad: Priyanka GandhiApril 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi is an institution builder like his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, claims his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Revealing this aspect of Rahul's personality to NDTV during an interview, Priyanka also said that her brother was right in consistently saying that he is not ready to be Prime Minister, even if that post were to be offered to him in the near future.
Father's assassination made me furious: Priyanka GandhiApril 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For the first few years after her father's assassination, Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, said she had been 'absolutely furious'. 'I didn't realise (at that time), but I was absolutely furious.
No personal hatred against Rajiv Gandhi's killers: Priyanka GandhiApril 21st, 2009 AMETHI - Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said that her family has no 'hatred or anger' against killers of her father and late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Priyanka also downplayed the controversial comments of Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M.
Priyanka Gandhi defends Congress' decision to go alone in UPApril 20th, 2009 AMETHI - Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Monday defended the Congress' decision to go alone in Uttar Pradesh in ongoing general elections. Priyanka termed the decision of the Congress as an opportunity to strengthen the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
Indira Gandhi was my idol: PriyankaApril 20th, 2009 AMETHI - Priyanka Gandhi Monday said her grandmother and late prime minister Indira Gandhi was her 'idol' and also underlined that staying away from active politics was her own decision. 'She was absolutely my idol at that time,' Priyanka Gandhi, who is often compared with her grandmother, said here when asked what memories she had of Indira Gandhi as a child.
Priyanka Gandhi wants to be remembered when she turns 'budhiya'April 14th, 2009 PICHWADA - Days after the Congress was taunted with 'budhiya' (old woman) comments by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Priyanka Gandhi Tuesday said it is her dream to be remembered by people once she turns old. 'It is my dream that people remember me when I turn 'budhiya',' Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, said while campaigning in the state.
Priyanka Gandhi exhorts people to vote for Amethi's developmentApril 14th, 2009 AMETHI - Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday exhorted people to vote for her brother Rahul Gandhi for the continuous growth of the area. "You have always supported us.
Priyanka compares Manmohan Singh with Mahatma GandhiApril 14th, 2009 PICHWADA - Coming out in support of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Priyanka Gandhi Tuesday called him a 'strong and determined' leader and said even Mahatma Gandhi looked gentle. 'You cannot judge a person's strength from his external personality.
We are after Rahul to get him married: PriyankaApril 12th, 2009 RAE BARELI - Priyanka Gandhi says her family has been wishing her brother, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, gets married soon. Asked about the 38-year-old Congress MP's marriage plans, Priyanka Gandhi said: 'Why don't you ask him? We are after him (to get married) since long.'
'I would not be a matchmaker for him,' she added.
Rahul will be PM 'one day': PriyankaApril 12th, 2009 AMETHI - Priyanka Gandhi feels her brother Rahul has leadership skills and could be the prime minister of India 'one day' but maintains the present incumbent Manmohan Singh would adorn the post after the Lok Sabha elections. On the campaign trail for Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi constituency, Priyanka said: 'He (Manmohan Singh) is hopefully the next prime minister of the country and Rahul is also a capable and responsible Congress worker.'
'I have full faith in my brother.
Rahul is PM material, says sister PriyankaApril 12th, 2009 AMETHI - Priyanka Gandhi says her brother Rahul Gandhi, a Congress general secretary, has requisite leadership skills to be the prime minister of India in future. 'My brother is a capable and responsible representative of Congress and has every qualification of becoming the prime minister.
Priyanka Gandhi not averse to joining politicsApril 12th, 2009 AMETHI - Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sunday said she was not averse to plunging into politics, but in the same breath added that this was not something she wants to do. Replying to questions from reporters in Amethi, where she is campaigning for her brother Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka said: 'As I am growing older I have realised 'never' is a bad thing to say...
No plans to enter politics: Priyanka GandhiMarch 25th, 2009 AMETHI - Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Tuesday said she had no plans to contest elections or enter politics but would continue campaigning for the Congress. Talking to the reporters here, Priyanka said, "Like previous years, I will oversee campaigning in Amethi and Rae Bareli.
Priyanka on a two-day Rae Bareli tour from MondayMarch 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi will be on a two-day tour of her mother's Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh from Monday, a party official said Saturday. 'Priyankaji is coming here to encourage our party workers ahead of the Lok Sabha polls,' Shiv Ganesh, a member of the state assembly, told IANS over the telephone from Rae Bareli.
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