BHOPAL (TIP): A day after Union finance minister Arun Jaitley alleged that the Congress was facing a “palace coup”, the party in Madhya Pradesh added fuel to the fire by putting-up a hoarding of Priyanka Gandhi in a busy thoroughfare. Congress workers appealed in the poster that Priyanka Gandhi should join the party to strengthen the hands of AICC president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi.


Congress workers Rahul Singh Rathore, Prashant Gurudev and Udayveer Singh (all of who are office-bearers of the Bhopal district Congress) put-up the hoarding at the Board Office square in the city appealing that it is the demand of lakhs of the party workers that Priyanka Gandhi should actively lead the party. At the PCC office, state Congress vice-president Manak Agarwal agreed with the demand displayed in the banner. He said, “The Congress party is headed by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. But Priyanka Gandhi should also become part of this leadership. It will only benefit the Congress party if she too leads from the front. And if she joins, the Congress will gain immensely in the upcoming assembly elections in five states.”