Former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has finally decided to her party's wishes and could be named the presumptive Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh by the Congress this week inside sources says.
Sources revealed, that the party is also likely to announce that for the first time, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, whose mother Sonia Gandhi and brother Rahul Gandhi are the top bosses of the Congress, will campaign outside their constituencies of Raebareli, though it's not decided yet how many rallies or public meetings she will address. The Congress is expected to launch its campaign on the 15th.
While a section of the party bills this as Priyank's formal and much-discussed debut in politics, another cautions that she has yet to confirm what sort of role she is willing to play and is unlikely to accept a formal responsibility for the bid for Uttar Pradesh, which votes next year.
Mrs Dikshit served three times as Chief Minister of Delhi before Arvind Kejriwal dismissed her with a record mandate in December 2013.