Will Rahul Gandhi contesting Lok Sabha election from Wayanad can Bring any positive change for congress?
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New Delhi (24/03/2019) In the last two Lok Sabha elections, in 2014 and 2009, M.I. Shanavas of the Congress won the seat of Wayanad, defeating the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Kerala’s predominantly bipolar electoral politics.
In that sense, picking Wayanad as Gandhi’s constituency is a careful choice as is the calibrated demand to have him contest from a southern Indian seat apart from Amethi where Rahul faces Union Minister Smriti Irani.
Wayanad has always been a Congress safe seat which could soon become a VVIP constituency if Congress President Rahul Gandhi decides to contest the Lok Sabha election from there.
Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is newly formed and was created following fresh delimitation of seats in 2008.
The seat has been vacant since last year following the MP’s death.
