Priyanka begins 2-day Assam visit
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra began her two-day visit to poll-bound Assam on Monday by offering prayers at the famed Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati.
The AICC general secretary, accompanied by the party's Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh, was received at the Lokpriyo Gopinath Bordoloi Airport here by state unit chief Ripun Bora and other party leaders.
She halted at Jalukbari area, where Congress supporters felicitated her, before proceeding to the Shakti Peeth atop Nilachal Hills.
Clad in a red outfit, the prevalent colour symbolising Shakti, the Congress leader said that she wanted to visit the temple for long and "her wish has come true". "I sought blessings for myself, my family and above all for the people of Assam," she told reporters.
Asked about the forthcoming elections in the state, she said she will talk later about politics. "I come to temples to seek blessings and offer thanks to the God who has given me a lot," she added.
Earlier, the Congress leader posted on her Facebook page, "Today I will start my two-day Assam tour by visiting Maa Kamakhya Devi. I will take part in the dialogue with the sisters-brothers and party workers of Assam on many important issues."
Bora said that entire Assam is "looking forward to her two-day visit and the enthusiasm is evident".
"Her visit, which further fuels hope in the heart of every last person in Assam, deceived by lies and fake promises in these five years, of a new dawn of progress awaiting the state under Congress rule," Bora tweeted.