Priyanka Gandhi will contest from Wayanad, Congress announced
# News Bureau October15,2024
The Congress on Tuesday night announced candidates for the Lok Sabha and assembly by-polls. The party fielded Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Wayanad seat in Kerala vacated by Rahul Gandhi. Announcing candidates for the Kerala assembly by-polls, the Congress has fielded Rahul Mamkuttathil from Palakkad assembly seat while Ramya Haridas from Chelakkara for the assembly constituency.
The party said in a statement at night- “Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the proposal to nominate the following members as party candidates for the by-elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly from Kerala. Lok Sabha: Wayanad: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Legislative Assembly: Palakkad: Rahul Mamkuttathil Chelakkara: Ramya Haridas.
Earlier in the day on Tuesday, the Election Commission announced by-elections in Wayanad and Nanded Lok Sabha seats as well as 48 assembly constituencies. Congress announced candidates for only three by-elections. The rest will be announced later.
The Election Commission said that by-elections to the Wayanad parliamentary seat and 47 assembly seats will be held on November 13 along with the first phase of Jharkhand assembly elections.
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main bilkul bhee narvas nahin hoon… main vaayanaad ka pratinidhitv karane mein saksham hone se bahut khush hoon. main bas itana kahoongee ki unakee (raahul gaandhee kee) anupasthiti mahasoos hogee. main kadee mehanat karoongee aur sabhee ko khush karane aur ek achchha pratinidhi banane kee pooree koshish karoongee.
-Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Wayanad Congress candidate Source: PTI
Priyanka further said- “I have a good relationship with Rae Bareli as I have worked there for 20 years and this relationship will never break. My brother and I will work together in both the constituencies.” The Wayanad Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was elected from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh in the general elections held earlier this year. After the Lok Sabha election, Rahul Gandhi opted to retain the Rae Bareli seat. Rahul Gandhi represented the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat after the 2019 general election. The CPI, which fielded national leader Annie Raja in Wayanad in the last Lok Sabha election, is yet to announce the name of the candidate. The CPI (M) is expected to announce candidates for Palakkad and Chelakkara soon. The BJP has also not announced candidates yet.Wayanad is a stronghold of the Congress and its alliance partner Indian Union Muslim League, so Priyanka’s victory is almost certain. But the BJP will try its best to reduce Rahul Gandhi’s victory margin. While Rahul won by a huge margin of 4.3 lakhs in 2019 by securing 65 per cent of the votes, in 2024 Rahul’s victory margin has come down to 3.6 lakhs and the vote share has fallen to 59.6 per cent. The BJP-led NDA can increase the vote share from 7.25 per cent in 2019 to 13 per cent in 2024 by fielding party state president K Surendran in the last election. A similar move of fielding a prominent candidate can be expected from the BJP this time too.
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I am not nervous at all… I am very happy to be able to represent Wayanad. All I will say is that his (Rahul Gandhi’s) absence will be felt. I will work hard and try my best to make everyone happy and be a good representative.