New Delhi/March,31: Laying speculations to rest, Congress today in a press conference announced that party President Rahul Gandhi would be contesting from two seats — his bastion, Amethi and Wayanad in Kerala. Delhi gave its assent through a formal announcement to last week’s Kerala state Congress’ proposal of Gandhi contesting from the party’s strong foothold constituency in the state. Kerala Congress leader A K Antony and party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala confirmed the move and said, “Wayanad is at the junction of three states. Rahul ji has given his consent to contest from two seats.”
The announcement comes right before Gandhi starts addressing poll rallies in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. After addressing rallies in Andhra Pradesh, he will address one in Bengaluru which would be a joint address of the Congress president and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda. As we pull closer to the Lok Sabha elections, leaders cutting across political parties are pulling all stops to intensify their respective poll campaigns.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a town hall program later in the day. He will be interacting with thousands of people at 500 locations across India as part of the BJP’s ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign. And after filing his nomination papers in Gandhinagar yesterday and conducting the Vijay Sankalp rally — a four-kilometre roadshow — Amit Shah will arrive in Uttar Pradesh today to address public rallies in Nagina and Doghat.
