Described by Congress officials as a gifted orator and a strong manager, Priyanka has been entrusted with resuscitating the party's organisation in Uttar Pradesh, where it has endured a succession of crushing results.
Congress officials hope Priyanka's entry into politics will improve its chances across Uttar Pradesh, a vast agrarian state of 220 million people that the BJP nearly swept in the last general election in 2014, winning 71 of the 80 seats there.
(Text from Reuters)