‘Priyanka lao, desh bachao,’ has been a Congress refrain for decades, ‘desh’ being the Congress’s intriguing euphemism for party. Congress excitement has now spiked after top leaders publicly stated that Priyanka Gandhi played a direct role in cementing Congress’s alliance with the Samajwadi Party. Reportedly she was also mainly responsible for drafting Navjot Singh Sidhu into the party’s Punjab unit. But is Priyanka really the brahmastra the party wants her to be, and claims that she already is?
Priyanka is unmissable in a crowd, a striking figure in her handloom saris with a manner similar to her dadi Indira. Yet Read More
