In Wayanad Before filing papers for Lok Sabha polls…
On Wednesday, 03 April 2024, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, is all set to file his nomination papers for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
He held a roadshow in Kerala's Wayanad where he had won in the 2019 Parliament polls with a margin of over four lakh votes.
Thousands of party workers and supporters turned up for the roadshow.
The Congress leader was accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi and AICC general secretaries KC Venugopal and Deepa Dasmunshi as well as the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly VD Satheesan and KPCC acting president MM Hassan.
Communist Party of India Lok Sabha candidate from Wayanad, Annie Raja also filed her nomination on Wednesday.
The CPI is a partner of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front in Kerala.
While the CPI and the Congress are partners in the opposition INDIA bloc, the two parties are fierce contenders in Kerala with both parties pitting their strongest candidates against each other.
However, several leaders from the opposition, including Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan have criticized Rahul Gandhi for contesting in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency against Annie Raja.
Addressing the media ahead of the election campaign in Kozhikode on Monday, the CM said, "Rahul Gandhi is contesting against Annie Raja, who is a well-known left leader nationally.
She strongly called out the BJP's government in the Manipur issue and she was attacked by calling her anti-national.
Edited By: Arusha Farooq
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