New Delhi:
The long-awaited electoral debut of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will happen from Kerala’s Wayanad, the seat that will shortly be vacated by her brother, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi. Mr Gandhi will represent Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli, the family bastion traditionally represented by their mother Sonia Gandhi in the Lok Sabha. Mrs Gandhi vacated Raebareli early this year and is now a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Shortly after Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge made the announcement, Ms Gandhi Vadra said she was not nervous about contesting and that she would give Wayanad her “best”.
The other family bastion in Uttar Pradesh, Amethi, is already back in Congress hands, with long-time Gandhi family aide KL Sharma besting the BJP’s former Union minister Smriti Irani.
