Why is Priyanka Gandhi Liked More than Rahul Gandhi?

By siliconindia   |   Saturday, 04 February 2012, 02:22 IST   |    32 Comments
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Bangalore: Priyanka Gandhi may not be involved in full fledged politics but it turns out that she is liked more than Rahul Gandhi, her brother and the General Secretary of Congress. She is admired by the people and they believe that she has all it takes to be a leader. The reasons why Priyanka is more liked than Rahul are:

Replica of Indira Gandhi:

Priyanka bears a striking resemblance to her grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The people in Rae Bareli and Amethi, including Congress members, may be fond of Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul but feel it is Priyanka who has the determination and charisma of her late grandmother Indira Gandhi and believe she is more capable of bringing about a sea change in the country’s politics.

"We like Priyanka Gandhi more than Rahul. When she gets down from her car and walks towards the people, you feel Indira Gandhi-- in her 'Ma Durga' avatar - is standing in front of you,” said Ghanshyam Pathak to PTI. "She is the real inheritor of her grandmother and her father Rajiv Gandhi's legacy. She should definitely enter politics,” feels Pathak, a local shopkeeper who has been associated with the Congress for decades. Though the voters of the two ‘VIP constituencies’ are loyal supporters of the first family of Congress, they feel Priyanka is the most charming and able in the Nehru-Gandhi clan today.



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