meerut priyanka gandhi vadra will campaign for the congress by stepping outside the family boroughs of amethi and rae bareli upcc chief raj babbar told toi on friday even as he was on his way to a meeting with gandhivadra and her brother congress vicepresident rahul gandhi in delhi babbar said priyanka and the family will decide how much time she would be able to devote to the campaign but the partys up unit wants her to spend as much time as possible among the people toi had reported in july that there was talk in the party that priyanka was considering hitting the campaign trail later in the year in august a few congress leaders had told the paper that she had started assuming a bigger role in the campaign as her mother congress president sonia gandhi was battling illness babbar added yes it is true she priyanka will campaign for the party ahead of the 2017 assembly elections the congress party has a message of progress for the people of up and we want all our senior leaders to spread the message among the people she is among our top leaders we have not yet finalized a schedule for her campaign stops it is up to her and the family to decide how much time she can spend on the campaign trail we would naturally like her to spend as much time as she can another senior upcc leader said raj babbar on friday held a meeting with rahul and priyankaji the fact that she will campaign is now certain the news of her stepping out has spread among the partys cadre and energized them there is enthusiasm among workers and we hope that we can tap into that and better our chances the congress had earlier also said that the gandhi scion will canvass the length and breadth of the state and address 150 rallies across up the spokesperson had then said that the campaign will be nothing like anyone has seen with priyanka moving out of the partys pet boroughs of amethi and rae bareli after congress president sonia gandhi cut short her road show in varanasi owing to ill health party leaders had said priyanka had begun playing a more central role