Congress Announces Candidates For Palakkad, Chelakkara, Wayanad Bye-elections

Hours after the Election Commission of India declared the schedule for the bye-elections and assembly elections, the Congress party has released the names of its candidates from Kerala.

In an X post, the Congress said the party chief, Mallikarjun Kharge, approved the proposal to nominate the following  names; As earlier suggested, Priyanka Gandhi will contest from Wayanad constituency, which was vacated by Rahul Gandhi after winning from the seat during the recent general election.

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The party has picked youth leader Rahul Mamkootathil to the Palakkad assembly constituency, which was vacated following its former MLA Shafi Parambil’s Lok Sabha debut. A fiery youth leader, Mamkootathill is presently the youth Congress state president. Congress believes the young leader to be an ideal replacement to its former Palakkad icon, Shafi Parambil, a popular leader known for retaining the seats for three consecutive terms since 2011 without kneeing down before any mounting political challenges.

Notably, the constituency is one of the BJP’s eyes, and the party has come second, replacing the left candidates during the past two assembly elections. The former Congress MLA won the seat during the last assembly polls by a margin of around 3,000 votes against BJP heavyweight E Sreedharan.

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The party has nominated former Alathur MP Ramya Haridas from Chelakkara assembly constituency. Ramya Haridas was defeated by CPI(M) leader K Radhakrishnan during the recent Lok Sabha elections.

Congress President Shri @kharge has approved the proposal to nominate the following members as party candidates for the bye-elections to the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly from Kerala pic.twitter.com/QBFskzozEB

— Congress (@INCIndia) October 15, 2024