Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao said on Wednesday that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will win the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll with a thumping majority and raise her voice against Prime Minister Narendra Modi government at the Centre which “works only for the corporate sector”.
“I believe she is going to win with the highest majority. In Kerala, any other party who contests against her is going to lose. The people of Wayanad are very happy and they are going to vote for Priyanka Gandhi. She will raise her voice against the Modi Government in the Parliament,” Hanumantha Rao told ANI.
Rao said Priyanka Gandhi will raise the issues faced by backward classes, and minorities in the Parliament.
“NDA government is not fulfilling the promises they gave to the people. And this government is not working for the interest of the people. They are only favouring the corporate sector. She will raise the issues faced by the poor, backward classes and minorities,” he said.
Wayanad, a Congress bastion is going to see a contest between Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi, BJP’s Navya Haridas and the Left candidate Sathyan Mokeri in the upcoming bypolls.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadhra on Tuesday held a roadshow in Wayanad as a part of her election campaigns.
Addressing the people, Vadra said “You, the people of Wayanad have shown the country the way. A massive campaign was unleashed against my brother to tarnish his reputation. Lots of money and resources were poured into that campaign. There was a time when everybody was turning their back on him and it was at that time that all of you loved him, voted for him and supported him.
“The Congress general secretary said that Wayand had recognised Rahul Gandhi’s fight before anyone else had seen it.
“Today, the whole world recognizes him and his fight way before others saw it. What everyone is seeing today, you have all seen it earlier. The people of Wayanad made a bond of love with him and he is more than grateful for that,” she said.
Earlier, Vadra reiterated her commitment to resolving the problems of the people of Wayanad constituency if elected to power.
Priyanka Gandhi is contesting from the Wayanad constituency as a United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate, is seeking election from the seat her brother Rahul Gandhi vacated.
Wayanad’s seat was vacated by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he was also elected to Lok Sabha from Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh in the general elections held earlier this year.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi kicked off campaigning in Wayanad ahead of the bypolls scheduled for November 13.
Wayanad will go to the polls on November 13 along with voting for bye-elections in 47 assembly seats across 15 states. The first phase of assembly polls in Jharkhand will also be held on November 13.
