The byelection is necessitated after Rahul Gandhi vacated the seat following his victory in Rai Bareli constituency in the recent Parliament elections. The bypoll will be held on November 13
The date for a scrutiny of the nominations by poll officials is October 28 and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been targeting the Congress general secretary over her affidavit in the run-up
She said the people of Wayanad will be my guides and teachers in this journey, which is her first as a public representative
Accusing the Gandhi family of indulging in dynastic politics, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia alleged that Priyanka Gandhi has been promoted so far despite not delivering on given responsibilities
Priyanka also declared a total income of over Rs 46.39 lakh in the financial year 2023-2024 which includes rental income and interest from banks and other investments
Rahul, who represented the Wayanad LS constituency from 2019 to 2024, further said that just like the people of the district protected and looked after him when he needed it the most, they should look
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi will be accompanying Priyanka when she files her nomination papers
I'm confident she will be a passionate champion of Wayanad's needs and a powerful voice in Parliament, he said
If Priyanka Gandhi wins Lok Sabha polls, she will be the third MP from the Gandhi family in the current Parliament. Sonia Gandhi is a member of Rajya Sabha
Haridas will be pitted against Congress's Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and CPI's Sathyan Mokeri, the Left candidate, in the high-profile constituency in the 13 November by-election
My deepest condolences to the bereaved families as a large number of people are admitted in the hospital, I pray for their speedy recovery, she added
In a post on X, Gandhi said, "The Mysuru-Darbhanga train accident mirrors the horrific Balasore accidenta passenger train colliding with a stationary goods train."
She said this is the time to use your democratic right to give a blow to the power of injustice and oppression
Haryana Assembly elections: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party belongs to big industrialists and the state of Haryana does not need such a government
In her first poll rally for the October 5 assembly polls, she said the people of Haryana have always protected the country
BJP leaders have turned Jammu and Kashmir into a pawn in their political chess game as policies are not being made for the people of the region, she said
He said the party leadership and the workers had commenced preparations for the election, but devastating landslides struck Wayanad district
Gandhi had made the assertion during a virtual meeting with some Kerala Congress leaders and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
The Congress general secretary said that if PM Modi believed in democratic principles, he would have responded to Kharge directly, calling JP Nadda's reply 'inadequate and aggressive'
Congress general secretary said today's politics is full of poison and the prime minister should have set a different example