Priyanka Gandhi today described the reports as trash that she wanted to challenge Narendra Modi for the Lok Sabha seat from Varanasi and was stopped by the party high command.

In a statement to the media she said it is a personal decision not to contest the election and that her family would wholeheartedly support her if she ever wanted to.

Priyanka came out with the statement following reports in the media this morning that she was keen to be the Congress candidate from Varanasi as she was willing to place a higher principle above the real risk of defeat.

She reiterated her earlier remarks that she wanted to campaign only in Amethi, from where her brother Rahul Gandhi is contesting and in Rae Bareli, from where her mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi is fighting.