WAYANAD: Hundreds of individuals, together with UDF leaders and employees, gathered in Kalpetta on Wednesday to take part in a large roadshow welcoming Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, as she prepares to make her electoral debut by submitting nomination papers for the upcoming Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll. Priyanka, who arrived within the hill district on Tuesday evening alongside along with her mom — Congress Parliamentary occasion chairperson Sonia Gandhi — led the roadshow alongside along with her brother — Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi — from the brand new bus stand at Kalpetta.
Priyanka’s husband, Robert Vadra, and one in all their kids had been additionally seen alongside along with her within the open-roof car together with different senior occasion and IUML leaders throughout the roadshow.
UDF employees and supporters in addition to members of most people of all age teams, who had been ready since early morning, welcomed her carrying placards with Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi’s images, balloons within the occasion colors and drum beats.
Balloons within the occasion colors of the Congress and its ally Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) additionally lined either side of the almost two kilometer lengthy roadshow route. Inexperienced flags of IUML and the tricolour of the Congress, which had been absent throughout Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow in April this yr, had been additionally seen, however in only a few numbers.
Priyanka could be contesting towards LDF’s Sathyan Mokeri and BJP’s Navya Haridas. The by-election for Wayanad LS seat grew to become needed after Rahul Gandhi, who gained the Lok Sabha polls from there and Rae Bareli constituency, determined to vacate Wayanad.