A day after Congress made the announcement that Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of ex-prime minister Rajeev Gandhi, ex-party President Sonia Gandhi, wife of Robert Vadra and sister of current President Rahul Gandhi, would be entering the world of active politics, the news exploded across the front pages of India’s top daily newspapers on Thursday, 24 January.
With almost all the newspapers calling Priyanka’s entry into active politics a “strategic move” for the party’s plans in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, here is what the front page headlines of the some of leading News Papers carried:
Rahul gets sister Organization - The Indian Express
Priyanka is now hands-on - The Hindustan Times
With Poll Mahakumbha looming, Priyanka takes a Plunge - The Times of India
Dynasty Session 5.2 - The DNA
How's the Josh, Bro? - The Telegraph