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Congress leader and party General Secretary , Uttar Pradesh East, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has released the Congress party’s first list of 125 candidates for Uttar Pradesh polls. As promised earlier the party has given preference to women candidates.
“Out of the total 125 candidates, 40% are women and 40% are the youth. With this historic initiative, we hope to bring in a new kind of politics in the state ,” she says.
“By fielding 40 per cent women and 40 per cent youth in UP, we hope to start new kind of politics in state. We will not run a negative campaign; We will run positive campaign for bright future of Uttar Pradesh
“We have tried to field such candidates who have struggled for seeking justice in Uttar Pradesh and have power to fight.
“In the first list of 125 candidates for UP polls, 50 candidates are women, including Asha Singh, mother of the Unnao rape victim. From Shahjahanpur, we have fielded Asha worker Poonam Pandey who led an agitation for a raise in honorarium.”
