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Wayanad will have two MPs, one of them will be “unofficial”.

New Delhi:

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra filed her nomination from Wayanad on Wednesday. When asked if Priyanka would be a better MP for Wayanad than brother Rahul, Mr Gandhi first said, “It is a tough question” and immediately added, “I don’t think so.” The duo, along with other Congress party members on a bus chuckled, as seen in a video posted on X (formerly Twitter).

In a minute-long video, Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are seen having a candid conversation about Wayanad, earlier represented by Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha from 2019-2024. The video begins with Priyanka Gandhi asking, “What is this face you are making?”

“I will miss Wayanad, that is the face I am making,” Mr Gandhi added.

When asked who would he choose as the MP of Wayanad, other than himself, he opted for sister Priyanka Gandhi. Explaining his answer, he said, “Not because I like her or I am very fond of her and love her very much. But she will actually do a good job. She has many qualities. She goes into a lot of detail. And she is my sister.”

To this, Priyanka recognised Rahul Gandhi’s love for the people of Wayanad and vice versa.

“I hope to be able to continue that bond with them,” she added.

Mr Gandhi went on to praise her sister, who will be contesting the upcoming by-poll in the Lok Sabha seat. “If she likes you, she will do whatever; beyond anything you can imagine. She is also going to like Wayanad a lot. You see, a huge part of being a good MP is that you like the people and place you work for. She is going to like it,” he exclaimed.

In the Lok Sabha polls this year, Rahul Gandhi won both Wayanad and Rae Bareli seats and decided to retain the latter, paving the way for the by-poll.

Seeking support for his sister, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha said, “I think you understand very well the relationship I share with the people of Wayanad. What Wayanad has done for me cannot be expressed in words. When feelings are really deep, the only way to express them is through action.”

“I would like to remind you Wayanad is the only constituency in the country that has two MPs, one is official, the other unofficial, and they will work together to protect the interests of the people of Wayanad,” Mr Gandhi added.





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Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held a roadshow in Wayanad today

New Delhi:

Wayanad is set to have two MPs, one of them “unofficial”, and both will work together to protect its interests, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today. Mr Gandhi said this at a public meeting as his sister and party colleague Priyanka Gandhi Vadra filed her nomination to contest the upcoming bypoll in the Lok Sabha seat. In the Lok Sabha polls this year, Rahul Gandhi won both Wayanad and Rae Bareli seats and decided to retain the latter, paving the way for the bypoll. Mr Gandhi represented Wayanad in Lok Sabha from 2019-2024.

Seeking support for his sister, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha said, “I think you understand very well the relationship I share with the people of Wayanad. What Wayanad has done for me cannot be expressed in words. When feelings are really deep, the only way to express them is through action,” he said.

“I would like to remind you Wayanad is the only constituency in the country that has two MPs, one is official, the other unofficial, and they will work together to protect the interests of the people of Wayanad,” Mr Gandhi said.

In a speech replete with personal anecdotes, he said, “When we were small, I used to watch my sister with her friends, and I used to tell her, Priyanka, you cannot go so far to look after your friends. She was willing to do anything. And sometimes the friends would not appreciate it. I would tell her, why do you do this? And she would say because I want to, and that it doesn’t matter if they don’t appreciate. A person who is ready to do that for her friends, you can imagine what she is ready to do for family. When my father died, my sister looked after my mother. She was 17 years old.”

“You must be wondering why I am telling you about her friends and family. The reason is Priyanka considers the people of Wayanad her family,” he said.

Mr Gandhi said he needed a favour from the people of Wayanad. “I have this rakhi on my hand that she made, I don’t take it off till it breaks. This is a symbol of a brother’s protection for his sister. I request the people of Wayanad, look after my sister, protect my sister,” he said.

“She will put her entire energy into looking after the people of Wayanad. And don’t forget I am the unofficial MP, so I am allowed to come here and interfere,” Mr Gandhi added.

Earlier, Ms Gandhi Vadra said she had been campaigning in elections for 35 years now but this was the first time she was seeking votes for herself.

“I was 17 when I campaigned for my father (former PM Rajiv Gandhi). Then I campaigned for my mother and brother and many of my colleagues. For 35 years I have been campaigning in different elections, but this is the first time I am campaigning in an election and seeking your support for myself. It is a very different feeling,” she said and thanked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for the opportunity to contest the election. “It will be my honour to represent you if you give me a chance.”



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The Wayanad Lok Sabha seat will go to polls on November 13 (File)

Thiruvananthapuram:

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and former party President Sonia Gandhi will campaign in Kerala’s Wayanad for her daughter and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi who is contesting her first electoral battle.

Priyanka Gandhi will be contesting from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, where a by-election was necessitated after sitting MP Rahul Gandhi, who was also elected from UP’s Raebareli, vacated the seat to retain the family stronghold.

The Wayanad Lok Sabha seat will go to polls on November 13, along with the Palakkad and Chelakkara Assembly seats. Votes will be counted on November 23.

Sonia Gandhi is returning to Kerala after many years and will be joined by both Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi for a roadshow scheduled for Tuesday, according to state Congress leaders.

Rahul Gandhi had retained the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 3,64,422 votes over his nearest rival, Annie Raja of the Communist Party of India. This was, however, a dip against his 2019 performance when he won with a record majority of 4,31,770 votes over PP Suneer of the CPI.

After Rahul Gandhi vacated the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, the state Congress unit invited Priyanka Gandhi to contest and announced her as the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate from Wayanad.

Senior Congress leaders in Kerala are expecting a majority of more than five lakh votes for Priyanka Gandhi from the UDF stronghold of Wayanad.

Congress General Secretary, Organisation, KC Venugopal, who is also the MP from the state’s Alappuzha Lok Sabha seat, will be coordinating Priyanka Gandhi’s election campaign in Wayanad.

Meanwhile, Indian Union Muslim League leader PK Basheer, who is the MLA from Eranad – which forms part of the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, claimed in an election committee meeting that Congress workers in Wayanad were lethargic during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

He mentioned that in Assembly constituencies led by Congress leaders, Rahul Gandhi could not secure a huge majority, while in constituencies led by Muslim League leaders, he achieved good leads.

He urged Congress leaders to be proactive in their constituencies and increase Priyanka Gandhi’s lead so that she secures a record-winning margin.

The CPI has fielded senior leader and former MLA Sathyan Mokeri, who criticised Rahul Gandhi for being unavailable for common voters, including tribals, after winning the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in both 2019 and 2024.

He predicted a similar situation in Wayanad if Priyanka Gandhi won, and urged the people to vote for him and help the Left Democratic Front (LDF) win the by-election in the Wayanad constituency.

The BJP has announced the candidature of Mahila Morcha State General Secretary, Navya Haridas, from Wayanad.

State BJP President, K Surendran, had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)



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