Wayanad News

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - making her electoral debut in next month's Wayanad Lok Sabha by-poll - invoked the memory of humanitarian icon and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mother Teresa Monday morning as she began her campaign.

Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party over its allegation that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was kept outside while Priyanka Gandhi was filing her nominations for Wayanad by-polls, Congress leader KC Venugopal said that this is unacceptable.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday welcomed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to electoral politics with a jibe at the net worth of her husband Robert Vadra - as submitted in her election affidavit - and threw in a swipe at the "fake Gandhis".

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who kicked off her electoral debut with a massive roadshow in Kalpetta here and filed her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll.

Her mother Sonia Gandhi and brother Rahul on stage, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today said she had been campaigning in elections for 35 years, but this was the first time when she was seeking support for herself.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen meeting residents of Wayanad this evening, a day before marking her electoral debut by filing her nomination for the bypoll in the Lok Sabha constituency.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will file her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll on Wednesday, party sources said.

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and former party President Sonia Gandhi will campaign in Kerala's Wayanad for her daughter and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi who is contesting her first electoral battle.

The BJP announced on Saturday that Navya Haridas, a two-time councillor in the Kozhikode Corporation, will be the NDA candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election.

Congress has declared its General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi as its candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election.

Decks have been cleared for bypolls to two Assembly seats and the high-profile Wayanad constituency in Kerala with the Election Commission on Tuesday announcing the dates for the two-phase by-elections to 48 Assembly seats and 2 Lok Sabha seats.

Rinson Jose, an Indian emigrant to Norway, has been linked to the Hezbollah pager blasts in Lebanon, which killed 12 people. Reports have suggested that Norta Global, a Bulgaria-based company owned by him, had a role in supplying the pagers.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued an 'orange' alert, warning of heavy rainfall in parts of Kerala's ecologically-fragile Wayanad district, where landslides triggered by heavy rain killed over 230 people on July 30.

The second phase of the search for the missing persons in the Wayanad landslide disaster commenced on Sunday with the operation being carried out in six zones where the survivors will help in locating the spots.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a review meeting on Saturday after undertaking an aerial and on-the-ground survey of affected sites in Wayanad.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - making her electoral debut in next month's Wayanad Lok Sabha by-poll - invoked the memory of humanitarian icon and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mother Teresa Monday morning as she began her campaign.

Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party over its allegation that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was kept outside while Priyanka Gandhi was filing her nominations for Wayanad by-polls, Congress leader KC Venugopal said that this is unacceptable.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday welcomed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to electoral politics with a jibe at the net worth of her husband Robert Vadra - as submitted in her election affidavit - and threw in a swipe at the "fake Gandhis".

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who kicked off her electoral debut with a massive roadshow in Kalpetta here and filed her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll.

Her mother Sonia Gandhi and brother Rahul on stage, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today said she had been campaigning in elections for 35 years, but this was the first time when she was seeking support for herself.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen meeting residents of Wayanad this evening, a day before marking her electoral debut by filing her nomination for the bypoll in the Lok Sabha constituency.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will file her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll on Wednesday, party sources said.

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and former party President Sonia Gandhi will campaign in Kerala's Wayanad for her daughter and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi who is contesting her first electoral battle.

The BJP announced on Saturday that Navya Haridas, a two-time councillor in the Kozhikode Corporation, will be the NDA candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election.

Congress has declared its General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi as its candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election.

Decks have been cleared for bypolls to two Assembly seats and the high-profile Wayanad constituency in Kerala with the Election Commission on Tuesday announcing the dates for the two-phase by-elections to 48 Assembly seats and 2 Lok Sabha seats.

Rinson Jose, an Indian emigrant to Norway, has been linked to the Hezbollah pager blasts in Lebanon, which killed 12 people. Reports have suggested that Norta Global, a Bulgaria-based company owned by him, had a role in supplying the pagers.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued an 'orange' alert, warning of heavy rainfall in parts of Kerala's ecologically-fragile Wayanad district, where landslides triggered by heavy rain killed over 230 people on July 30.

The second phase of the search for the missing persons in the Wayanad landslide disaster commenced on Sunday with the operation being carried out in six zones where the survivors will help in locating the spots.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a review meeting on Saturday after undertaking an aerial and on-the-ground survey of affected sites in Wayanad.