Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. (PTI Photo)
With Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, failing to enactment successful scheduled rallies owing to sick health, The Indian Express has learnt that the Delhi Congress has requested its cardinal enactment to enactment successful Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to instrumentality complaint of the run for the February 5 polls.
On January 20, Rahul was expected to clasp a rally successful New Delhi alongside Congress campaigner and erstwhile CM Sheila Dikshit’s son, Sandeep Dikshit, but helium was a no-show. The adjacent day, helium missed the party’s centenary celebrations of the 1924 Belagavi Congress league successful Karnataka.
On Wednesday, Rahul was scheduled to code the archetypal of 3 consecutive predetermination rallies successful Delhi, starting astatine Inderlok Metro presumption successful Sadar Bazar constituency. At the event, Delhi Congress main Devender Yadav told the gathering, “… we each are waiting for Rahul Gandhi ji. But owed to his sick health, helium mightiness not beryllium capable to come… He has sent maine a connection to springiness to you…”
He past work retired the message: “Today, I americium incapable to be this gathering successful Sadar. I cognize thousands of radical who emotion maine are contiguous astatine this gathering today. I americium sending my champion wishes to all… I americium assured that our campaigner from the seat, member Anil Bhardwaj ji, who holds a precise important presumption successful Delhi politics, and his different colleagues who are contesting elections, volition bash well. Keeping successful caput their hard work, I entreaty to each of you to enactment towards making the Congress triumph with a immense majority. As soon arsenic my wellness improves, I volition effort to travel to Delhi and particularly to Sadar and conscionable each of you. Thank you precise overmuch to each of you. Jai Hind.”
A enactment insider said, “We’ve communicated to the cardinal enactment to walk the baton to Priyanka ji to instrumentality complaint of Delhi successful the meantime. Although she was scheduled to articulation the run astatine the past stage, it volition beryllium moved forward… She is expected to instrumentality complaint from adjacent week.”
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