Priyanka Gandhi says has no plans to join politics

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Priyanka Gandhi, about whom therehas been speculation that she will contest next Lok Sabha elections, says she has no plans of joining politics.

“I am not joining politics. I am looking after my mother’s constituency as I did from 1999 to 2004 without being in politics,” she has said in an SMS to a television channel.

Ms Gandhi, daughter of Sonia Gandhi, has also said that there was nothing new in her interacting with workers in Rae Bareli and Amethi, the constituencies represented by her mother and brother Rahul.

This is the first public response of Priyanka over intense speculation in media about the possibilities of her contesting elections.