WAYANAD :
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.