Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 20 Priyanka Gandhi took to the wheel even as elder brother and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi sat next to her after the two landed in his constituency Amethi Friday.

Priyanka and Rahul reached the Fursatganj airport in Sultanpur district at around 11 a. m. After getting out of the airport, she sat in the driver's seat of the green Toyota Qualis and set out for Amethi to meet Congress functionaries and Women's Self Help Groups (SHGs).

Lucknow, Nov 19 : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka will Friday visit his parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, party sources said.

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee sources said the Gandhis' visit was for "non political" reasons, mainly to interact with self-help groups. Amethi, in Sultanpur district, is about 150 km from Lucknow.

While Rahul will leave for New Delhi Friday evening, Priyanka is expected to depart from Amethi Nov 21, party officials said.(IANS)

Rae Bareli, Apr 27: Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Monday hit back at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, saying people vote for her family members not due to Gandhi surname but due to the work done by them.

“Many people ask me why do our family members keep on winning from these seats. Some argue we are Gandhis that’s why we win, but this is not true. Whether the name Gandhi is with us or not you would not have promoted us had we not worked,” Priyanka said at an election rally here.

Rae Bareli, Apr 27: Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Monday asked people to realize the power of their votes, saying no one can become a leader or get into the government without the support of the people.

“By your support, development and change take place. It is important for you to understand it during the polls,” Priyanka Gandhi said at an election rally here.

Priyanka Gandhi further said that a leader is a servant of the people and by serving them, the leader does not do any favour.

New Delhi, Apr. 25 : Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi is an institution builder like his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, claims his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Revealing this aspect of Rahul's personality to NDTV during an interview, Priyanka also said that her brother was right in consistently saying that he is not ready to be Prime Minister, even if that post were to be offered to him in the near future.

Rae Bareli, Apr 23: Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Thursday urged people to vote strictly on the issue of development.

“Don’t look at any politician as God. Never ever become a worshipper to any politician. Politics will improve only when you will understand that politicians are your servant,” Gandhi said at an election rally here.

Priyanka further said that it was peoples’ responsibility to make the politicians realise that they want development.

Rae-Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 22 : Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the daughter of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, on Wednesday urged the people of Rae Bareilly to cast their votes keeping in mind the development work done by her mother in the constituency over the years.

Addressing an election rally here, Gandhi told the voters not get influenced by the tall promises made by other parties and maintain its belief on the Congress, who has actually brought a change in the area.

Amethi, Apr 21: Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said that her family has no ‘hatred or anger’ against killers of her father and late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Priyanka also downplayed the controversial comments of Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M. Karunanidhi that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo V. Prabhakaran is not a terrorist.

Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Apr. 21 : Priyanka Vadra, the daughter of UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has said that the Left needs to have a rethink on some of its regressive and anti-development policies if it is desirous of taking Indian forward in the new millenium.

Amethi, Apr 20: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Monday defended the Congress’ decision to go alone in Uttar Pradesh in ongoing general elections.

Priyanka termed the decision of the Congress as an opportunity to strengthen the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

“This is a good opportunity for the UPA because we are going alone in elections. I think it’s a good opportunity now rather than two years ago,” Priyanka said while addressing an election rally here.

Amethi, Apr 14 : Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday exhorted people to vote for her brother Rahul Gandhi for the continuous growth of the area.

“You have always supported us. I can assure you that from our side, the support is there and will always be there,” Priyanka Gandhi said while addressing an election rally here.

Priyanka also asked people to exercise their votes for development.

Amethi, Apr 13: Priyanka Gandhi on Monday accused the Mayawati- led Uttar Pradesh Government for creating impediments in the developmental works in Amethi, which is represented in Parliament by her brother Rahul Gandhi.

"A non-Congress government in Uttar Pradesh or at the Centre has always tried to create hurdles in executing development works. For instance, the Uttar Pradesh Government did its best to halt the proposed Rail Coach Factory project in Rai Bareli," she said while addressing an election rally here.

Amethi, Apr 12 : Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday gave some indications of possibility of her brother and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi becoming Prime Minister one day.

"I have full faith in my brother. He is hardworking. He is, according to me, qualified for the post. So, one day he will. He will do a good job of it," she told reporters while campaigning for Rahul Gandhi in Amethi parliamentary constituency.

Priyanka, however, added that Manmohan Singh would assume the post, if Congress comes back to power.

Amethi, Apr. 11: Congress party’s star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi has lashed out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for comparing the Congress party to a ‘budhia’ (old woman), and asked people if she looked old.

“Do I look old to you? Does Sonia Gandhi (Congress president and her mother), Rahul Gandhi or I look old to you,” she asked people of Khalidpur village, while addressing a rally there.

Amethi, Mar 24 : Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Tuesday said she had no plans to contest elections or enter politics but would continue campaigning for the Congress.

Talking to the reporters here, Priyanka said, "Like previous years, I will oversee campaigning in Amethi and Rae Bareli. I have no intentions to enter politics or to contest elections."

Priyanka is on a two-day tour of Amethi and Rae Bareli-constituencies represented by brother Rahul Gandhi and mother Sonia Gandhi respectively.

Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 23 : Priyanka Gandhi on Monday slammed her estranged cousin and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for his communal speech, saying his remarks were against the traditions and principles of the Gandhi family.

“Varun’s comments are against the traditions and principles of the Gandhi family, and he has gone against what the Gandhis have lived and died for. It made me very sad to see him saying those things,” Priyanka told reporters here.

Amethi, Mar 3 : Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday visited her brother Rahul Gandhi's parliamentary constituency here and gave some `winning tips' to party workers at a Congress Sewadal programme in the Gauriganj area.

Addressing the Congress party workers, Priyanka "Only those who serve the people without any expectations would be remembered in politics," she added.

The gathering was strictly closed to the media.

Amethi, Mar 3: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and her brother, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will arrive here today.

During her visit, Priyanka is expected to interact with party workers and meet Congress representatives of Sonia Gandhi''s constituency Rae Bareli.

Earlier, Priyanka had campaigned for Sonia in 1999 and 2004 parliamentary elections.

Earlier on February 2, Sonia inaugurated a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli.

Amethi, Mar 1 : Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the daughter of Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and her brother, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Amethi in Uttar Pradesh on March 3.

During her visit, Priyanka is expected to interact with party workers and meet Congress representatives of Sonia Gandhi''s constituency Rae Bareli.

Priyanka had earlier campaigned for Sonia in the 2004 and 1999 parliamentary elections.

Earlier on February 2, Sonia Gandhi inaugurated a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli.

New Delhi, Nov 29 : United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today appealed to the people of Delhi to cast their vote on Saturday and neutralise the terror tactics of militants.

Priyanka was among the first few to cast her vote this morning along with her husband Robert Vadera.

“I think it is very important to cast a vote for all of us to show that we believe in democracy and we will fight any affront to our nation and to our pride as is happening in Bombay. Militants should be killed. I think it is an affront to our nation, and whoever has done that, should be made to pay for it,” said Priyanka.