Will Rahul Gandhi retain Wayanad in three-cornered fight with CPI's Annie Raja and BJP's K Surendran in Phase 2?

With Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kerala authorities President K Surendran successful the fray, the contention successful the spot has go triangular. Wayanad volition vote, on 19 different seats of Kerala, successful the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 connected Friday, April 26. 

Amethi Uncertainty  

Rahul Gandhi won the Wayanad seat by 431,000 votes – the highest borderline successful the 2019 Lok Sabha polls crossed Kerala. Rahul got 706,367 votes, arsenic against 274,597 votes polled by LDF campaigner PP Suneer. The BJP-led NDA had fielded BDJ (S) person Tushar Vellapally, who secured 78,800 votes, astir 7.25 per cent of the full votes polled.

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The contention besides assumes value amid uncertainty astir whether Rahul Gandhi volition contention from Amethi, his earlier spot successful Uttar Pradesh, which helium mislaid successful 2019 to Union Minister Smriti Irani. 

The Congress, which is contesting elections successful UP successful confederation with the SP, the INDIA bloc partner, is yet to denote candidates for Amethi and Rae Bareli seats.  Rahul’s mother, Sonia Gandhi, who won the Rae Bareli spot successful 2019, is present a Rajya Sabha member. 

PM Modi’s Mission South

The contention successful 2024 has go high-stakes owed to PM Modi and BJP’s efforts to marque inroads successful the south, including Kerala. 

The BJP candidate, K Surendran is simply a salient person from northbound Kerala who became the saffron party's authorities president successful 2020.  In 2019, helium contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Pathanamthitta spot but ended up 3rd successful the race.

Addressing a rally successful Maharashtra earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the ‘shahzada’ (Rahul Gandhi) volition besides suffer from Wayanad seat this time. 

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In March, Surendran, said Rahul Gandhi volition look the ‘same fate’ during Lok Sabha elections 2024 successful the spot successful Kerala arsenic helium met successful Uttar Pradesh's Amethi successful the 2019 wide elections.

LDF-Congress Fight

The 3rd candidate, Annie Raja, is the woman of CPI wide caput D Raja. She is besides wide caput successful the party's National Federation of Indian Women. The CPI is simply a spouse of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front successful Kerala.

In the past fewer weeks, Kerala Chief Minister and CPI person Pinarayi Vijayan has been captious of the Congress enactment and Rahul Gandhi. Earlier this week, Vijayan called Rahul Gandhi a non-serious and immature politician.

In 2019, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 19 retired of 20 seats successful Kerala. The Congress itself won 15 seats, portion its allies, the Indian Union Muslim League, won 2 seats, the Revolutionary Socialist Party won one, and the Kerala Congress (M) won 1 seat. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 1 spot successful Alappuzha.

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Published: 25 Apr 2024, 01:28 PM IST