Watch Nidhi Razdan: Why Priyanka Gandhi is not contesting elections

Over the last few weeks, the Indian media spent countless hours speculating about whether Rahul Gandhi would contest the family bastion of Amethi in UP and take on Union Minister Smriti Irani once again.In the end, Rahul chose not to and instead filed his second Lok Sabha nomination from another Gandhi stronghold in UP — Rae Bareli. There continues to be intense debate about whether this was a smart move or not but the story that really interests me is why his sister Priyanka decided to sit out this election.Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/priyanka-gandhis-election-snub-a-strategic-manoeuvre-1.102551720See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videosRead more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2kmSubscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV#UAEnews #India #politics