This story is from January 20, 2022

Uttar Pradesh polls 2022: Priyanka Maurya likely to switch over to BJP

The face of Congress’ ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Maurya, may join BJP. BJP sources said, she visited the party headquarters in Lucknow on Wednesday, triggering speculation of her joining the saffron party.
Uttar Pradesh polls 2022: Priyanka Maurya likely to switch over to BJP
Priyanka Maurya
LUCKNOW: The face of Congress’ ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Maurya, may join BJP. BJP sources said, she visited the party headquarters in Lucknow on Wednesday, triggering speculation of her joining the saffron party.
Speaking to reporters at UP BJP office, Maurya said, ‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ has been rendered as a mere slogan as a “ladki was not allowed to fight”.
Maurya said, she has been relentlessly working in her Vidhan Sabha constituency for over a year, but was denied a ticket.
“We were used as a pawn to woo women and people from backward community,” she said, adding she came to the party office to meet the BJP leadership. “Very soon you will see me and members of my community with BJP,” she said.
Maurya’s social media profile, however, categorically describes her as Mahila Congress vice-president, doctor and social worker. It also refers to 170, Sarojini Nagar Vidhan Sabha, an assembly seat in Lucknow.
She had expressed unhappiness with the Congress leadership for being sidelined by the party. In a ‘pinned’ tweet posted on January 14, Maurya alleged Congress’ ‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ campaign was nothing, but a hoax. “People will say if you do not get the ticket, then you are bound to say this. Investigate and find out yourself. We were told to prepare for 2024. Congress has not been able to beat the ‘jumlas’ of BJP,” she said in the tweet.
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