Wayanad Lok Sabha By-Election: Sonia Gandhi to campaign for daughter Priyanka

Wayanad ByPolls: Congress Parliamentary Party leader and former party president Sonia Gandhi will campaign for her daughter and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Wayanad, Kerala.

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and former party president Sonia Gandhi will campaign for her daughter and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Wayanad, Kerala. Priyanka Gandhi is contesting her first election. Rahul Gandhi had won the Lok Sabha election from Wayanad and Rai Bareilly but later resigned from Wayanad, making a by-election necessary.

Wayanad By-Election Schedule

Voting for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat will take place on November 13, along with Palakkad and Chelakkara Assembly seats. The counting of votes will take place on November 23. Rahul Gandhi had won the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 3,64,422 votes, defeating his nearest rival, Communist Party of India’s Annie Raja. Although this margin is less than his 2019 performance when he won by a record margin of 4,31,770 votes against CPI’s PP Suneer.

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul, and Priyanka to Hold Roadshow Together

According to state Congress leaders, Sonia Gandhi is returning to Kerala after many years and will participate in a roadshow on Tuesday, along with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi. After Rahul Gandhi vacated the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, the state Congress unit invited Priyanka Gandhi to contest the election and declared her the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate from Wayanad. Senior Kerala Congress leaders are hoping to win by a margin of over five lakh votes for Priyanka Gandhi.