New Delhi, January 24: Priyanka Gandhi's entry in active politics has dominated the headlines ever since the announcement was made by Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday. Priyanka Gandhi has been appointed as the AICC General Secretary of East UP before the all-important 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Priyanka Gandhi Officially Enters Active Politics, Appointed Congress General Secretary for UP East Ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

Political reactions and predictions about Priyanka's entry in active politics and the effect it will have on Congress' fortune in the elections are being debated in political circles.  Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Enters Active Politics: Congress Calls it 'Game-Changer', BJP Sees 'Nepotism' — Who Said What.

Priyanka has time and again been compared to former Prime Minister of India and her grandmother Indira Gandhi. The Congress on Thursday shared a throwback picture of Priyanka Gandhi from the distant past where Priyanka is seen playing with Indira Gandhi. Priyanka Gandhi Takes Political Plunge: Is The 'Congress Trump Card' a Force to Reckon With? Past Speeches & Campaign Videos Hint So.

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Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi with a young Priyanka Gandhi | (Photo Credits: INC/Instagram)

Talking of Priyanka Gandhi, the young woman who first broke into the nation’s consciousness as she walked with crowds along her father Rajiv Gandhi’s cortege 28 years ago on Wednesday took her maiden step on the road to formal politics when she was appointed Congress general secretary. For Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who continues the Gandhi family legacy of active politics that began several generations ago, the formal entry into politics was two decades in the making.

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The ‘will she, won’t she’ discussion on when and if Priyanka Gandhi would decide to move from being star campaigner and confidant for her mother Sonia Gandhi and brother Rahul Gandhi and take on a wider role for a party, seen to be moribund for a while, has finally ended. Elder brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi appointed her AICC general secretary of Uttar Pradesh East, in what many said would infuse energy into the party ahead of the general elections.

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