Priyanka talks tough, asks local leaders to end bickering

AMETHI: On a firefighting mission, Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka has sent a tough message to local party leaders to end bickerings during a meeting with them on Friday night.

She even threatened to leave for Delhi if they continued to fight over selection of candidates for five assembly seats falling under Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, Congress sources said.

At the meeting which went late into the night, local leaders gave vent to their anger over the choice of party nominees, said a leader on condition of anonymity.

He said Priyanka asked them to end infighting and fight the election unitedly to ensure victory of official candidates in all the five assembly segments going to hustings on April 28.

"Everything will be all right soon as Priyanka is here," said Amita Singh, Congress nominee from Amethi assembly seat.

Her candidature was vehemently opposed by several local leaders.

"There is no resentment now. Priyankaji has resolved everything," said Chotelal Tripathi, a local leader.

Earlier, Congress leaders were fighting among themselves and not against SP, BJP or BSP, he admitted.

Rebel Congress leader Ashish Shukla is contesting from Amethi as a BSP candidate.