Priyanka Vadra

Priyanka Vadra

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Priyanka Vadra Profile

  • Name:
  • Priyanka Vadra
  • Born:
  • January 12, 1972
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Delhi
  • Father:
  • Rajiv Gandhi
  • Mother:
  • Sonia Gandhi
  • Spouse:
  • Robert Vadra

Priyanka Vadra Biography

Priyanka Vadra is an Indian politician belonging to Nehru family. She was born on 12th January 1972 in Delhi. Her parents are former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, the President of Indian National Congress.

 

She has one brother Rahul Gandhi. Her grandmother is the former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi and her grandfather is Feroze Gandhi, a parliamentarian. Jawaharlal Nehru was her great grandfather. She studied at the Modern School at New Delhi and the Convent of Jesus and Mary. She joined Delhi University and acquired a degree in psychology.

 

She fell in love with Robert Vadra and married him on 18th February 1998 and has two children, Raihan Vadra and Miraya Vadra. He is a businessman and jewelry exporter and the son of Rajinder and Maureen Wadhera. His father is from Moradabad and his mother is from Scotland.

 

There were many guessing that she will be the political heir of Indira Gandhi. But though she campaigned for her mother and worked hard during election times, she gives more priority to her family and children. She stated clearly that she was not interested in joining politics. She is an amateur radio operator.

 

Her mother and her brother won from the constituencies of Rae Bareilly and Amethi. She used to visit these places frequently and mingle with the people there. She becomes the centre of attraction wherever she goes drawing a huge crowd. She conducts campaigns for the Congress Party especially for her brother.

 

She is considered to be the chief advisor of her mother in political issues. With her efforts Congress could win seven out of ten seats in the Amethi Rae Bareilly region opposed to just two seats in the former election. She is highly diplomatic, level headed and organized. She is a trend setter of new fashions among young Indian politicians. 

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Updated: January 05, 2012

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