Lucknow: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress national secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge, is expected to arrive in Prayagraj today to meet with the family of a labourer whose four members were brutally murdered.

Ms Vadra would arrive in Prayagraj at 15:00 hrs today and will travel visit Gohari hamlet in Sorao, where labourer Phulchand Pasi, his wife, son, and daughter were brutally slain, according to Congress sources. According to sources, the criminals threatened the labourers' family, but authorities took no action despite the warning, resulting to the murder.

"Ms. Vadra will visit with the family and convey her sympathies," according to party officials.  Ms Vadra was supposed to arrive in Lucknow today to kick off the UP Congress' special membership campaign, which will begin today.

Bhupesh Baghel, the chief minister of Chhattisgarh, will kick off the membership drive in Lucknow this afternoon. During the 15-day drive, the party hopes to recruit one crore new members.

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