Congress president Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day Kerala visit. He is visiting Wayanad now and is meeting party workers and citizens. This is Rahul Gandhi's first visit after he won the seat in the recently held Lok Sabha polls. He is expected stay in his constituency till Sunday. His schedule is packed with over 15 public receptions planned over the next three days.
Rahul Gandhi had garnered 7,05,034 votes in Wayanad. He had won by a margin of 4,31,063 votes against his nearest rival of Left Democratic Front's PP Suneer. After the election result was declared, he expressed gratitude to the people of Wayanad for choosing him as their representative in the Lok Sabha.
Here are the highlights on Rahul Gandhi's Kerala visit:
Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily said Rahul Gandhi is still the president and he will have to take a tough stance. Even if he wants to leave, he will have to make sure he hands the role to the right person.
Continuing his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the second day of his visit to Kerala's Wayanad, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said Saturday his Lok Sabha election campaign was filled with "lies, poison and hatred", but the Congress stood for truth, love and affection.
- Rahul Gandhi thanks fans and workers for their support
- He says his job is to listen to the people of Wayanad and understand their difficulties
- Congress party has always stood for truth and love: Rahul Gandhi
- Will continue to fight PM Modi and his hate with love and life, said Rahul Gandhi
- Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Kalpetta, Wayanad: Even though I belong to the Congress party, our doors will be open for every single citizen of Wayanad, regardless of their age, regardless of where they come from, regardless of what ideology they have.
- Fans and supporters dot Kalpetta lanes to get a glimpse of Rahul Gandhi.
- He is greeted with immense love and enthusiasm on his maiden tour of Wayanad as a lawmaker.
Fresh visuals of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi during a roadshow in Kalpetta area of Wayanad district.
- The second day of Congress president Rahul Gandhi's tour of Wayanad began with blessings from well wishers at Kalpetta.
- He arrived at the MP facilitation centre in the district collectorate in Wayanad and accepted memorandums and complaints from the people.
- Representatives of farmers, tribals and other marginalised sections of the high-range constituency were among those who visited and told him about their issues.
- The Congress chief also held discussions with the local representatives, party leaders and officials of the district and collected information on various pressing issues of the Parliamentary constituency, which is spread across the north Kerala districts of Wayanad, Malappuram and Kozhihode.
- Rahul Gandhi reached the district headquarters along with Kerala party leaders, including Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Mullappally Ramachandran and Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala.