The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Saturday (January 3, 2026) has constituted a screening committee for the states where elections are to be held this year. These include Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal along with the Union Territory of Puducherry. Along with this, Congress has also given new responsibility to party general secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Congress Organization General Secretary KC Venugopal has issued information in this regard.

Responsibility of Assam handed over to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

KC Venugopal has released official information by posting a post on social media platform X on Saturday (January 3, 2026). In which the screening committee of each state has been mentioned. The organization general secretary wrote in the post that Congress Party National President Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed party general secretary and Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the chairperson of the screening committee constituted for Assam with immediate effect.

Hon’ble Congress President has constituted the Screening Committees for the upcoming Assembly Elections in Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, and West Bengal, as enclosed, with immediate effect. pic.twitter.com/k21nu2lHxm

— INC Sandesh (@INCSandesh) January 3, 2026

Apart from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Lok Sabha MP Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka, MP Imran Masood and Dr. Sirivella Prasad have been appointed as members in the four-member committee formed for Assam.

BK Hariprasad will lead West Bengal

At the same time, for the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has formed a four-member screening committee under the leadership of Karnataka Legislative Council member BK Hariprasad. Along with this, Lok Sabha MP Dr. Mohammad Javed, Jharkhand MLA Mamta Devi and BP Singh have been appointed as members.

Former Rajya Sabha MP will lead the screening committee in Kerala

According to the notification issued by Congress Organization General Secretary KC Venugopal, party president Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed former Rajya Sabha MP Madhusudan Mistry as the head of the party’s screening committee for the Kerala elections. Along with whom Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka Dr. Syed Naseer Hussain, Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Dangi and Congress leader Abhishek Dutt have been appointed as members.

TS Singh Deo will lead the committee in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

At the same time, the Congress high command has constituted a screening committee under the leadership of former Chhattisgarh cabinet minister TS Singh Deo for the assembly elections to be held in Tamil Nadu and Union Territory Puducherry. With whom former Maharashtra cabinet minister Yashomati Thakur, Rajya Sabha MP GC Chandrashekhar and Anil Kumar Yadav will be there as members.

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2026 Predictions for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is active in politics. She is seen as the most intelligent member of the Gandhi family. From astrological point of view, the year 2026 is said to be good for Priyanka Gandhi. But the stars are not completely aligned. Let us know from Astrologer Anish Vyas how the new year 2026 is going to be for Priyanka Gandhi.

According to the information available on the internet, Priyanka was born on 12 January 1972 at 5:05 pm in Delhi. In this way, in Priyanka’s birth chart, Gemini ascendant, Scorpio zodiac sign and Raj Lakshan Yoga are being formed. Such position of the planets is considered favorable for the political field. Priyanka was born in Scorpio zodiac and Anuradha nakshatra. This zodiac sign is influenced by Mars and Saturn. Such people become courageous and fearless while struggling.

Priyanka Gandhi’s birth chart

• Date of Birth: 12 January 1972
• Place of Birth: New Delhi
• Birth Sign: Scorpio
• Birth Nakshatra- Anuradha
• Ruling planets: Mars and Saturn

In Priyanka’s horoscope, Mercury is sitting in the seventh house and is aspecting the ascendant, which makes Priyanka a strong leader. At the same time, the conjunction of Dashmesh and Lagnesh with Sun, the significator of kingship, can also play an important role in giving Priyanka a higher position in politics. Priyanka Gandhi’s Sun’s Mahadasha is going on from March 2024, which will continue till March 2030. Priyanka can give a strong position to her party in the year 2026.

Also according to the latest political reports, Priyanka is likely to get an important role in the change of political power-balance in 2026. According to astrology, 2026 may prove to be a year of test and transition for Priyanka Gandhi. This year can only establish him as a popular leader and power centre, but it will require patience, discipline and strong strategy.

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The personal life of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rehan Vadra, son of businessman Robert Vadra, is in the news these days. There are reports that Rehaan has got engaged to his longtime girlfriend Aviva Baig. Both have been in a relationship for seven years and now both want to take this relationship forward.

The social media profiles of Rehaan and Aviva have revealed that both are fond of photography and are also professional photographers. As soon as the news of their engagement came out, all kinds of questions were arising in people’s minds about Aviva Baig, who she is, which religion she belongs to and what she does.

Aviva Baig has written in her bio on the social media platform Instagram that she is a professional photographer and producer and she is a resident of Delhi. According to his LinkedIn profile, he studied Journalism and Communication from OP Jindal Global University and Humanities from Modern School, Delhi.

Aviva is the co-founder of Atelier 11, a photographic studio and production company. This company works for many agencies, brands and clients across the country. Aviva’s photography reflects everyday life. She has also displayed her work in many art programs. His artistic vision has also been seen in the exhibitions ‘You Can’t Miss This’ with Method Gallery (2023), ‘You Can’t Miss This’ at India Art Fair’s Young Collector Program and Illusory World at The Quorum Club (2019) and India Design ID and K2 India (2018).

Aviva Baig has also worked in media and communication. She interned at PlusRymn, Junior Project Manager at PROPAGANDA, Marketing Intern at Art Chain India and has also worked as Editor-in-Chief at I-Parliament’s The Journal. She has also interned at Verve Magazine India and Creative Image Magazine. Apart from photography, Aviva is also interested in football and has played football at the national level.

Which religion does Aviva Baig belong to?
There is a lot of discussion about Aviva Baig’s religion and to which religion and caste she belongs. The Baig surname is generally used by people belonging to the Mughal dynasty within the Muslim community in India and Pakistan. It is considered a surname with high social prestige. This surname is widely used by people in Uzbekistan, Türkiye, Iran, Afghanistan and northern part of India and Kashmir. In North India and Pakistan, the number of Sunni Muslims is high among people with surname Beg. Talking about Rehan Vadra, Priyanka Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra is a businessman and he is considered to be from Christian religion and it is claimed in media reports that he later converted to Hinduism.

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Senior Congress Party leader Renuka Chaudhary has given a big statement regarding the speech given by Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Lok Sabha on Friday (December 12, 2025). Renuka Choudhary said that the personalities of both Rahul and Priyanka are completely different, hence they should not be compared.

The speeches given by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Lok Sabha during the winter session of Parliament for the last two days have become a topic of discussion, commenting on which senior Congress leader Renuka Chaudhary said, ‘They are like apples and oranges, which cannot and should not be compared with each other.’

Actually, this statement of Renuka Chaudhary has come out after the discussion in which it is being said that while Priyanka Gandhi Vadra gave an impressive speech during the debate in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, who was active in politics much before her, did not take full advantage of his opportunity.

People are free to express their views: Chaudhary

Renuka Chaudhary told NDTV, ‘It should be kept in mind that both of them had given their speeches in the House on different issues, so any kind of comparison would be absolutely nonsense psychologically, however, people are completely free to express their opinion.’

He said, ‘Priyanka Gandhi is very good, she said whatever she had to say in the House. If we talk about Rahul Gandhi, he talked on a different issue and his style is also different. Reiterating his point, he said, ‘It is like comparing apples and oranges. This does not happen. Both of them expressed their views on different subjects in the House.

Both raised issues in their own way: Renuka Chaudhary

Renuka Chaudhary further said, ‘We become too conservative and expect a certain kind of reaction that it should be like this, but it does not happen. Different people express their views on things in different ways. I think both of them raised important issues in their own way.

However, when he was asked a question about being a better speaker, he refused to take the name of any one and said that the styles of both are so different that it would not be right to call any one of them better or lesser.

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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday (November 6, 2025) alleged that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is preparing to steal the assembly elections in Bihar like Haryana.

Addressing election rallies in East Champaran, Sitamarhi and Madhubani districts, he also claimed that the Election Commission (ECI) is working with the government to weaken the country’s Constitution and democratic rights.

Preparation to remove 65 lakhs from Bihar’s voter list – Priyanka

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, citing Rahul Gandhi’s press conference related to alleged vote theft in Haryana, said, ‘Just as they (NDA) stole the entire election in Haryana, in the same way they are preparing to do the same in Bihar by removing 65 lakh votes from the rolls. Your rights are taken away by such vote theft. This weakens the Constitution for which Mahatma Gandhi fought and my family members were martyred. Appealing to the public, he said, ‘You should form a government in Bihar which works for women, youth, farmers and the poor and not steals votes.’

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra targets election commissioners

Apart from this, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and two election commissioners S. S. Referring to Sindhu and Vivek Joshi, he claimed, ‘These are the highest officials of the Election Commission, who are playing with the Constitution and democracy of the country. These three people are taking away your rights. Memorize their names. Don’t let them hide behind posts and commissions.

The Congress General Secretary said, ‘The country will not forget those who are betraying the country. I challenge Narendra Modi ji to conduct fair elections. Let’s see who wins? Rahul Gandhi’s fight is for you and the truth, he is fighting the same fight that Mahatma Gandhi once fought.

BJP asks for votes in the name of religion, not in the name of development- Priyanka

Priyanka Gandhi claimed that if the assembly elections are conducted in a free and fair manner, the NDA government will be overthrown and replaced by a government that will work for the poor, women and youth. Priyanka Gandhi said, ‘BJP leaders urge people to vote for NDA in the name of religion and not for development. If this election is free and fair, then the people of Bihar will overthrow this government and elect a government which will work for the poor, women and youth.

Priyanka Gandhi’s counterattack on PM Modi’s remarks

Citing a statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the poster of the Grand Alliance, he said, ‘Narendra Modi keeps measuring photos of people in the posters of opposition parties. He is the Prime Minister of the country, doesn’t he have any other work?

Referring to Mahatma Gandhi’s movement in Champaran, the Congress General Secretary said, ‘We are leaders and workers of Congress, to whom Mahatma Gandhi showed the path. At the same time, it was your ancestors who showed this path to Mahatma Gandhi. The people of Bihar will have to understand their participation in this country. You have to understand that it is your ancestors who built this country.

Priyanka Gandhi raised the issue of paper leak

Raising the issue of paper leak, Priyanka said, ‘The youth continuously give exams, but the paper gets leaked again and again. In such a situation, many years of youth’s life are wasted waiting for examinations and appointments. This is the condition of youth in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. He claimed that Bihar has a single engine government and not a double engine, which is run by Prime Minister Modi.

Priyanka spoke on women getting Rs 10,000 in Bihar

Priyanka Gandhi said, ‘Narendra Modi wants to get votes by paying Rs 10,000 before the elections. Today there is migration and poverty in Bihar. People go to other states to earn for their families, but Modi-Nitish do not see this. He claimed, ‘NDA government has been in power for 20 years, but till date Modi has not even visited any village in Bihar to know the condition of the people. In reality they do not care about the public. These people are just busy in flashing their faces on TV and posters.

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Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has supported Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of ‘vote theft’ in Haryana. He appealed to the public on Wednesday (November 05, 2025) to ‘recognize their power’ and ‘uproot the ruling government’.

Addressing a public meeting in Valmiki Nagar in West Champaran during an election rally in Bihar, Priyanka Gandhi said, ‘Today my brother has exposed before everyone what happened in Haryana, how the people of the ruling government stole the entire election. The whole country is watching and the whole country should watch.

Congress MP’s appeal to the people of Bihar

He further said, ‘I have a complaint against the country, why is the country silent, why are you silent, why don’t you recognize your strength? Let us together change them, overthrow their government and form a new government. Priyanka Gandhi’s comment came at a time when Rahul Gandhi accused BJP of ‘vote theft’ in Haryana.

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi said that Rahul Gandhi took out a yatra against ‘vote theft’, but he says that if he took out a yatra for infiltrators, then are the voters here infiltrators? The Grand Alliance is fighting for the rights of the people. He told people not to waste their votes. The Grand Alliance wants to do many things here.

Priyanka Gandhi spoke about Nehru

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra while targeting BJP said that today these people hold Jawaharlal Nehru responsible for any bad thing in the country, but today an American man won the election in New York and he talked about Jawaharlal Nehru. Today Nehru is being talked about in foreign countries, but in his own country the BJP insults him.

Political stir due to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘H-Files’ document

In fact, in a press conference in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi released a document named ‘H-Files’, in which he alleged large-scale irregularities during the counting of votes. Rahul Gandhi claimed that this tampering took place at both the state and national levels. Rahul Gandhi had alleged that around 25 lakh fake votes were found in Haryana, including cases of one person allegedly voting 22 times under multiple identities.

The Congress leader claimed that the party has received ‘numerous complaints’ from candidates and the Election Commission has failed to protect the democratic process. Rahul Gandhi warned that India’s democratic foundations are being ‘destroyed’ and the future of India’s youth is at stake.

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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi as to why women journalists were excluded from the press conference during the visit of Taliban representative to India. He said in one of his tweets on Priyanka reminded that the women of India are the backbone and pride of the country.

Priyanka Gandhi wrote, “Prime Minister, please clarify what is your position regarding the removal of women journalists from the Taliban representative’s press conference. Women’s rights are not just election postering.”

Prime Minister @narendramodi ji, please clarify your position on the removal of female journalists from the press conference of the representative of the Taliban on his visit to India.

If your recognition of women’s rights isn’t just convenient posturing from one election to…

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 11, 2025

What did Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha say?

Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha said the move has not only affected India’s moral and diplomatic standing, but is also a serious blow to India’s long-standing commitment to press freedom, gender justice and equality.

Manoj Kumar Jha said, “This is not just a formal lapse, but a symbolic compromise of India’s long-standing commitments to equality and women’s participation. This incident is disappointing and politically blind for the world’s largest democratic power and a country that promotes women’s participation.”

She also said that such a move sends a wrong message to Indian women and the global community that convenience and immediate benefits can be given priority over principles.

What was the matter?

Let us tell you that no female journalist was allowed to attend the press conference held on Friday, after which this policy of Taliban was sharply criticized on social media. Many journalists and social media users gave their reaction on this matter.

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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi as to why women journalists were excluded from the press conference during the visit of Taliban representative to India. He said in one of his tweets on Priyanka reminded that the women of India are the backbone and pride of the country.

Priyanka Gandhi wrote, “Prime Minister, please clarify what is your position regarding the removal of women journalists from the Taliban representative’s press conference. Women’s rights are not just election postering.”

Prime Minister @narendramodi ji, please clarify your position on the removal of female journalists from the press conference of the representative of the Taliban on his visit to India.

If your recognition of women’s rights isn’t just convenient posturing from one election to…

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 11, 2025

What did Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha say?

Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha said the move has not only affected India’s moral and diplomatic standing, but is also a serious blow to India’s long-standing commitment to press freedom, gender justice and equality.

Manoj Kumar Jha said, “This is not just a formal lapse, but a symbolic compromise of India’s long-standing commitments to equality and women’s participation. This incident is disappointing and politically blind for the world’s largest democratic power and a country that promotes women’s participation.”

She also said that such a move sends a wrong message to Indian women and the global community that convenience and immediate benefits can be given priority over principles.

What was the matter?

Let us tell you that no female journalist was allowed to attend the press conference held on Friday, after which this policy of Taliban was sharply criticized on social media. Many journalists and social media users gave their reaction on this matter.

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In the Lok Sabha, Home Minister Amit Shah introduced a bill to be removed from the Chief Minister of the states to the Prime Minister of the country for being removed for 30 days, which has been sent to the Joint Parliamentary Committee after opposition from the opposition. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s first reaction has come on this bill.

What did Shashi Tharoor say on this bill?

Shashi Tharoor said that I have not yet read this bill, but initially I do not see anything wrong in this bill that the guilty people should resign from their ministerial post. If you spend 30 days in jail, can you remain a minister? This is a matter of common sense. Therefore, I do not see anything wrong in it. But if there is any other thinking behind this, then you will have to read this bill well. I am neither supporting this bill nor opposing it without studying.

If the bill was sent to JPC, what did Tharoor say?

On the question of sending the bill to JPC, Tharoor said, ‘If it is sent to JPC to discuss the bill then it is a good thing. I think it is necessary for our democracy that all subjects should be discussed within the committee.

Opposition is opposing this bill?

As soon as Amit Shah introduced this bill in the Lok Sabha, the opposition MPs created a ruckus on it. Even tearing copies of the bill, he bounced on Amit Shah. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has called it a very rigorous bill. He said, ‘Tomorrow you can file any case against any Chief Minister, keep him in jail for 30 days without his conviction and then he will not remain the Chief Minister? This is completely unconstitutional.

What was the provision among the bills on which there is a ruckus?

Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the 130th Amendment Bill of the Constitution in the Lok Sabha. According to this bill, if the person sitting in the Prime Minister to any minister is kept in jail for 30 consecutive days in a criminal case, then he will have to resign on the 31st day, otherwise he will be removed from the post.

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The monsoon session of Parliament is going on. In such a situation, the opposition is trying to surround the Modi government on all the issues, but the most discussed is Donald Trump’s statement about the India-Pakistan ceasefire. The Congress is constantly demanding an answer from PM Modi on this. After the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, his sister and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have also raised many questions.

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi spoke to the media on Thursday (July 31, 2025) while going to the House. During this, he said that everyone knows what the US President said. Everyone knows what he said about the tariff.

Government will have to answer both things- Priyanka Gandhi
He said that Trump has again made a statement about India Pakistan ceasefire that both countries have stopped the war. He further said that the government will have to answer both things. Prime Minister Modi goes everywhere and roams around the world. Make friends and then we get this.

#Watch Delhi: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Says, “Everybody has seen what the American president has said about tariffs, and he repeated that he stopped the work beetween india and Pakstan. Respond to bot issues. pic.twitter.com/62e4mhxarw

– ANI (@ani) July 31, 2025

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