After holding a grand roadshow, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday filed her nomination for the upcoming Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, marking her entry into the political arena. The by-election for Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala became necessary after Rahul Gandhi, who won the Lok Sabha polls from this constituency and Rae Bareli, decided to vacate Wayanad.
The Congress leader is pitted against LDF’s Sathyan Mokeri and BJP’s Navya Haridas.
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Addressing a massive gathering at Kalpetta ahead of filing nominations for the November 13 bypoll, she said that she has 35 years of experience in politics, beginning from the age of 17 years when she campaigned for her late father Rajiv Gandhi in 1989.
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In the 35 years since then, she has campaigned for her mother, Sonia Gandhi, her brother Rahul Gandhi and other party colleagues, she said.
Present with her at the dias were Congress Parliamentary party president Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and other senior party leaders.
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Priyanka arrived in the hill district on Tuesday night along with her mother, Congress Parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, also reached the district later.
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