Wayanad’s tryst with history
The Congress flag fluttered in the air as Anokhe Lal Tiwari waved it from a motely crowd that had gathered at Pozhuthana Bazaar, near Vythiri, in Wayanad to listen to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. “If she gets elected from Wayanad, she will be in Parliament with her mother Sonia Gandhi, a Rajya Sabha MP, and her brother Rahul Gandhi, who is a member of the Lok Sabha – a rare occasion of three from the Gandhi family being in Parliament at the same time,” says a party supporter. Taking on the Congress scion in Wayanad is Communist Party of India’s seasoned leader Sathyan Mokeri, who warns that it will not be a cakewalk for Priyanka. Mokeri as well as the Left Democratic Front maintains that the Congress is committing a political gaffe by fielding Priyanka in Wayanad “when she should have taken on the fascist forces in the north”. Wayanad wants a change,” he argues, pointing to the drop in Rahul Gandhi’s vote share in 2024.
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