In view of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress General Secretary In-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be in Lucknow for a week from Monday evening to take stock of poll preparations in the state

 As per schedule, Priyanka Gandhi will be meeting state leaders and important party workers in Lucknow during her week-long tour. She will have scheduled meetings with the manifesto committee and with the election committee to assess the party's poll preparedness in the state, sources said. She is also likely to participate in one of the training programmes being organised by the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee.

The Congress in Uttar Pradesh will take out a 'Congress Pratigya Yatra' with the tagline -- 'Hum Vachan Nibhayenge', ahead of the Assembly elections, due early next year.

Priyanka has said the yatra would cover a distance of 12,000 kilometres and will pass through all major villages and towns to connect with the masses. The date of the yatra is yet to be finalised, though sources said it was likely to begin on the Gandhi Jayanti on October 2. The party is readying the first list of candidates in October, months ahead of the elections. For this, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh has extended the last date for applications for the Assembly polls. 

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