Congress UP list of candidates: Congress has fielded Unnao gangrape victim’s mother as the party candidate from the seat for the upcoming Assembly election. Announcing the first list of 125 candidates on Thursday, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi said that the list includes 50 women.
“Our Unnao candidate is the mother of the gangrape victim. We have given her a chance to continue the struggle. The power which oppressed them and
ruined their family, they should now get that power,” Priyanka Gandhi said as she announced the name of candidates during a virtual press conference.
“Out of the total 125 candidates, 40% are women & 40% are the youth. With this historic initiative, we hope to bring in a new kind of politics in the state,” she said.
“Our list gives a new message. We want to tell those who have struggled for their rights and for seeking justice in the past, that they have the power to fight for their rights and the Congress party will give that power to them to be a part of power in the state,” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also said.
The AICC general secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh did not answer whether she will contest the elections herself.
She said the party will not run a negative campaign in these polls and will instead run a positive campaign for a bright future of Uttar Pradesh while highlighting the issues concerning the people and those of women and development.
Taking on the Uttar Pradesh government, she said, it has been “dictatorial” and the discussion in elections is skewed.
“Our focus would be to bring issues of people to centre-stage,” she said.
Elections for the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10, the Election Commission said.
The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7 in seven phases. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.