Nidhi Razdan: Priyanka Gandhi's impact: Boosting Congress' morale and reaching new heights

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00:00Will Priyanka Gandhi Vadra be the game-changer for the Congress in the next general election?

00:09Well, the party certainly hopes so because she's clearly now playing a bigger national

00:13role within the party. Last October, she resigned quietly as General Secretary in

00:17charge of Uttar Pradesh, where she was largely confined until now with very little success.

00:22However, she did succeed in steering the Congress to a win in Himachal Pradesh and

00:27played a big role in its Karnataka election campaign, where of course the Congress has

00:31had a very significant victory only recently. This is what the party is hoping to replicate

00:36in other states where elections are taking place later this year. Her big USP, of course,

00:40is her ability to connect with women voters and the fact that she seems to be a much more natural

00:47campaigner and a much more natural politician when even compared to her brother. Comes at a

00:53time when Rahul Gandhi also seems to have found his space within the party. He seems to be far

00:58more confident and more comfortable after the success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, where his

01:03approval ratings have shot up, though he still remains far behind Mr Modi when compared to those

01:09one-on-one numbers. So, will Priyanka Gandhi make a difference to the Congress's campaign

01:14as we count down to the general elections? The state elections that are coming up now

01:19will be the ones to watch.

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