Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, sister of India's Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi, formally entered politics yesterday with the party appointing her general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East in a move reflecting the party's intent to go full throttle in the key political battleground ahead of the general elections.

India’s Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi describes the upcoming election for the highest constitutional post of president as a battle of ideologies and principles and says the opposition is determined to fight it.