Wayanad (Kerala) [India]: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held a roadshow ahead of filing her nomination for the by-polls in Wayanad Assembly constituency in Kerala.
The roadshow was held at Kalpetta town here with party leaders and workers turned in large numbers as a show of support to the general secretary of the All India Congress Committe who is making her electoral debut.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi joined his sister at the roadshow and the pair was seen waving and greeting party workers and supporters at the venue.
Telangana Chief Minister K Revanth Reddy, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal and other leaders of the party were also present during the roadshow.
She was seen sharing a candid moment with a young girl during the roadshow.
Prior to the roadshow, Priyanka Gandhi signed her nomination papers in the presence of local leaders at a resort in Kerala, according to Congress sources. She filed her nominiaton in the presence of Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi along with Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge arrived on Wednesday morning in Kerala. Following the roadshow, Priyanka Gandhi will address a public meeting at Gudalai, opposite, KWA Office in Kalpetta.
The Wayanad seat was vacated by the LoP Rahul Gandhi who retained the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha Constituency.
For the upcoming bypolls, Priyanka Gandhi is pitted against BJP candidate Navya Haridas and Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) candidate Sathyan Mokeri. Haridas is a two-time Kozhikode Corporation councillor.
If Priyanka Gandhi wins from Wayanad, she will be the third person from the Gandhi family to enter Parliament. Priyanka Gandhi was entrusted with taking care of the Gandhi family’s stronghold in Amethi and Rae Bareli before entering active politics in 2019, where she emerged as an important strategist for her party. In 2019 she was appointed as the AICC General Secretary in charge of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh Later in 2020 she became the General Secretary in charge of the entire state of Uttar Pradesh.
The by-poll in Wayanad is scheduled to be held on November 13.