Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to file nomination for Wayanad bypoll after grand roadshow

Before Priyanka submits her papers astatine the Wayanad territory collectorate, the Gandhi household volition instrumentality retired a roadshow successful Kalpetta wherever Rahul is besides expected to code the crowd. The Congress-led UDF has mobilised thousands of enactment workers from Wayanad and adjacent Kozhikode and Malappuram districts for the roadshow.

While Sonia and Priyanka reached Sulthan Bathery successful Wayanad connected Tuesday nighttime via roadworthy from Mysuru, Rahul travelled via formation from Delhi to Kannur connected Wednesday.

The Wayanad by-election was necessitated aft Rahul Gandhi, who has been representing the spot since 2019, vacated it to clasp Rae Bareli successful Uttar Pradesh aft helium won some seats successful the April 2024 elections. The bypoll volition beryllium held connected November 13 and Priyanka volition look seasoned CPI person Sathyan Mokeri and Kozhikode municipal councillor Navya Haridas of the BJP.

In an denotation that the roadshow would beryllium taken retired without immoderate flags of the enactment oregon its allies – successful 2019, a Congress roadshow had drawn disapproval from the BJP implicit the greenish flags held by Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) enactment workers – this time, enactment workers were seen holding placards with Priyanka’s photo, greenish balloons, and balloons resembling the tricolour.

The Congress, which is assured astir winning the seat, is focusing connected expanding Priyanka’s majority. In a bid to triumph implicit voters, the enactment is projecting Priyanka arsenic a UDF campaigner and arsenic ‘Wayanadinte Priyankari (the darling of Wayanad)’ successful its predetermination run material.

This is the archetypal clip that Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka are campaigning unneurotic for immoderate predetermination successful Kerala. Sonia’s erstwhile predetermination run successful Kerala was successful April 2016, up of the authorities Assembly elections. Rahul has been representing Wayanad since 2019 but Sonia had not campaigned for him.

In the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, erstwhile the triumph borderline of astir UDF candidates successful the authorities had accrued sharply compared to 2019, Rahul’s borderline had travel down from 4.31 lakh successful 2019 to 3.64 lakh. This time, the enactment has fixed MPs and MLAs complaint of assorted Assembly constituencies successful Wayanad Lok Sabha spot to guarantee determination is nary complacency. Several elder leaders are besides camping successful Wayanad to guarantee maximum elector turnout.

The bypoll is being held astatine a clip erstwhile Wayanad is yet to retrieve from the devastating landslides of July 30 that killed 251 radical and near 47 missing. The alleviation measures volition beryllium 1 of the themes successful Wayanad arsenic some Congress and LDF are captious of the reluctance of the BJP-led Centre to state a bundle for the affected villages.