“Rahul Gandhi Retains Raebareli; Priyanka Gandhi to Make Electoral Debut from Wayanad”

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will retain his Raebareli seat while his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will make her electoral debut from the Wayanad seat, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced on Monday.

“Rahul Gandhi won two Lok Sabha seats, but as per the law, he has to vacate one. Rahul Gandhi will keep the Raebareli seat and vacate the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat,” Kharge said while addressing the media outside his residence. He further announced that Congress General Secretary Vadra would contest the elections from Wayanad.

“We have decided that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will fight the elections from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat,” the Congress chief added.

The decision came after top party leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, General Secretaries KC Venugopal and Priyanka Gandhi, held a meeting at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to decide which Lok Sabha seat Rahul Gandhi would retain.