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Fresh frissons in India as Priyanka Gandhi steps forward
Her likely entry into Parliament will crank up pressure on the Modi government and bridge a north-south divide.
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Indian National Congress party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the release of the party's manifesto in New Delhi on April 5.
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And so, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra – the woman said to be the true political legatee of assassinated Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi – will run for Parliament.
That settles a quarter-century question that has seized India ever since she began helping with her mother Sonia’s election campaign in 1999: Will she herself run for direct office some day?
