Priyanka Vadra’s women-centric campaign long shot in UP. BJP must look at its male hierarchy
Source: The Print
By D.K. Singh
BJP has a gender disadvantage: no woman president or Chief Minister, and only one woman among 36 chiefs of states and union territories.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra must have brought many smiles in the opposition camp on Saturday when she clarified that she wasn’t the chief ministerial face of her party in Uttar Pradesh. Asked about it the previous day, she had seemingly projected herself, saying, “Do you see anybody else’s face…? You can see my face everywhere.” She clarified the next day that she had said that “in irritation” because of persistent questions about it.
One can empathise with her. Questions about the chief ministerial face of a party that secured only 6 to 7 per cent of votes in the last three parliamentary and assembly elections can be really irritating. The Congress has been reduced to three MLAs in UP — down from seven in 2017. Most of its former legislators have deserted it. In her heart of hearts, she must know the Congress’ poll prospects in UP.
Click here to read the full article published by The Print on 24 January 2022.
By D.K. Singh
BJP has a gender disadvantage: no woman president or Chief Minister, and only one woman among 36 chiefs of states and union territories.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra must have brought many smiles in the opposition camp on Saturday when she clarified that she wasn’t the chief ministerial face of her party in Uttar Pradesh. Asked about it the previous day, she had seemingly projected herself, saying, “Do you see anybody else’s face…? You can see my face everywhere.” She clarified the next day that she had said that “in irritation” because of persistent questions about it.
One can empathise with her. Questions about the chief ministerial face of a party that secured only 6 to 7 per cent of votes in the last three parliamentary and assembly elections can be really irritating. The Congress has been reduced to three MLAs in UP — down from seven in 2017. Most of its former legislators have deserted it. In her heart of hearts, she must know the Congress’ poll prospects in UP.
Click here to read the full article published by The Print on 24 January 2022.
