Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections: Congress to declare Sheila Dikshit as its CM candidate?

New Delhi: In a bid to ensure victory in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, every political party is trying their level best and leaving no stone unturned to woo people of the state.

Congress, after facing severe defeat in recently concluded assembly elections, is concentrating all the energy on UP elections.

Sheila Dikshit to be CM face?

Speculations are rife that former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit could be fielded by Congress as its CM candidate in Uttar Pradesh elections, according to a report in NDTV.

Sheila Dikshit will on Thursday meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

'Brahmin candidate as CM face'

Congress has engaged election strategist Prashant Kishor to ensure win in UP elections. Kishor has suggested Congress to field a Brahmin candidate as CM face.

Noteworthy, Sheila Dikshit's father-in-law Uma Shankar Dikshit was a prominent Congress leader from UP.