Wayanad (Kerala) [India]: As the counting of votes for Jharkhand, Maharashtra elections, along with bypolls across 15 states begins, BJP candidate for Wayanad, Navya Haridas on Saturday expressed confidence in her party’s victory, saying that if the people want development in Wayanad, they will choose the NDA.
Speaking to media, Haridas said. “Last time Rahul Gandhi had won from Wayanad but he rejected this Mandal and retained Rae Bareli. This time the voting percentage came down as they were not in the mood to face the election after the landslide incident. If people need development in Wayanad, then they would select NDA.”
Earlier Haridas had accused the Congress party of using various tactics to sway voters.
“Congress is trying to influence voters this time by providing kits, money, liquor–everything. Because there is a fear factor for Congress that they are going to lose this election,” Haridas told media.
Haridas also criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who previously held the Wayanad seat, for allegedly failing to address key issues in Parliament. She claimed that the same would happen if Priyanka Gandhi Vadra represented the area in the future.
“They have never been involved with the people of Wayanad to seek their real requirements or address these needs in Parliament,” Haridas told media.
Wayanad, a Congress bastion is witnessing a contest between Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi, BJP’s Navya Haridas, and the Left candidate Sathyan Mokeri.
Priyanka Gandhi is contesting from the Wayanad constituency as a United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate, from the seat her brother Rahul Gandhi vacated.
Wayanad’s seat was vacated by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he was also elected to Lok Sabha from Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh in the general elections held earlier this year.
If Priyanka Gandhi wins from Wayanad, she will be the third person from the Gandhi family to enter Parliament.