After a decade, former Congress President Sonia Gandhi will visit Wayanad on Tuesday, a source in the Congress party has revealed this.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will file her nomination papers for the upcoming bypoll in Wayanad on October 23, thus, Sonia Gandhi will accompany her.
It has been learnt that Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will also accompany sister Priyanka in filing nomination.
State party leaders are excited on Sonia Gandhi’s visit to Kerala.
Congress leader and Kasargod Lok Sabha member Rajmohan Unnithan has, reportedly, revealed that a roadshow will be held in Kalpetta where all three leaders will drive up the hill and stay overnight at Sulthan Bathery.
Unnithan has been overseeing the last-minute arrangements of the leader’s visit.
He added that on Wednesday morning, Sonia and others will accompany Priyanka to the Wayanad collectorate where she will file her nomination for her debut election.
After filing the nomination, the leaders will return to Delhi.
“Priyanka, too, will return to Delhi. However, she will return to the constituency and try to meet as many people as possible. It is expected that she will win by a margin of five lakh votes,” added Unnithan.
The CPI has fielded veteran former legislator Sathyan Mokeri who finished a close third during the 2014 general elections in Wayanad while the Bharatiya Janata Party has brought in young Kozhikode Corporation party Councilor Navya Haridas, a software engineer-turned-politician.
Rahul Gandhi won 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad with a margin of 3.64 lakhs which is a slip from 2019 general elections when he won by 4.60 lakh votes.
However, he vacated Wayanad to represent Raebareli in the Parliament.
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