CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for upcoming elections from Kerala’s Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. Accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi and other senior party leaders including AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal, Rahul submitted his nomination papers to the District Collector who is also the Returning Officer. After submitting the papers, he read out the oath to uphold the Constitution which concluded the submission process. Soon after filing papers, Rahul affirmed his warm ties with the people of Wayanad and equated the upcoming Lok Sabha elections to a “fight for the soul of country, a fight to preserve our democracy.”

 

Rahul arrived in Wayanad by helicopter in the morning and then held a roadshow from Kalpetta to Civil Station here before. Prior to reaching the Collector’s office, he addressed the public towards the end of the roadshow and said, he was always with the people of Wayanad on all issues, including the human-animal conflicts which have claimed many lives in the high range district of the State. Rahul also said that he was always ready to bring the issues being faced by the people of his constituency to the attention of nation.