Priyanka Gandhi Vadra cancels Lucknow press meet, observes 2-min silence for Kashmir attack martyrs

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is at the press confernece location, however. "I do not find it proper to talk of politics at this time," she said before offering a two-minute silence for the CRPF men killed in the Kashmir attack.

Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh East has cancelled her Lucknow press conference. UP Congress chief Raj Babbar told gathered mediapersons that the press meet will not be held in wake of the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in which tens of CRPF jawans have been killed.

Breaking: Priyanka Gandhi has canelled her press conference

We've learnt that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia's press conference has been postponed. The conference, which was supposed to be held in the afternoon will now be held in the evening. Watch this space then for live updates from the press meet.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is on Twitter. But interestingly, she hasn't tweeted yet. She joined Twitter on February 10 and has managed to get 2 lakh followers. But she is yet to post a single tweet.

This week, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took part in a roadshow in Lucknow. Collegue Jyotiraditya Scindia and party boss Rahul Gandhi were also part of the roadshow, which lasted a few hours. Interestingly, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra did not publicly speak even once during the roadshow, with brother Rahul Gandhi doing all the talking.

On January 23, 2019, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra officially joined politics, ending years of will-she-won't-she speculation. Until she became a Congress general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had largely stayed out of politics, at least publicly.

Her public political engagements were largely limited to participating in rallies organised in support of her brother, Rahul Gandhi, or mother Sonia Gandhi, both of whom are Members of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh. However, there was talk of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra being part of a high-level group within Congress that took all major party decisions.

The Congress maintained all along that joining politics was a decision for Priyanka to take. And this year, she took the big poll plunge.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as a Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh East, where Varanasi, the constituency of PM Narendra Modi, is located.

Since assuming charge as a Congress general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has limited herself to closed-door meetings with party workers. She did take part in a roadshow the Congress organised in Lucknow this week but she did not speak.

Today's press conference is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's first major press interaction since joining politics.