Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was aiming to revive the Congress party's electoral fortunes in Uttar Pradesh, failed to dent the BJP's massive popularity among women voters.
A Congress tragedy unfolded on Thursday as trends from the counting of votes in five poll-states trickled in, showing that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was on its way to winning in four of them, including Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha and Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) winning Punjab for the first time and thereby becoming the only
Winning the current round of Assembly polls 4:1, including in crucial Uttar Pradesh, the ruling BJP on Thursday delivered a body blow to the Congress ahead of the next Lok Sabha polls while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the new kid on the block, marched ahead to win its second state Punjab and is quickly galloping ahead to occupy the space of the main Opposition party.
From the famous Bhojpuri jingle UP Mein Ka Ba (what’s there in UP) to Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon (I am a women and I can Fight) and UP Mein Baba Ba (UP has Baba) the catchy songs & slogans reverberate in air during elections.
"I can sacrifice my life for my brother and he can sacrifice his life for me," Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said today in response to the BJP's charge that there is a conflict between the siblings.