Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was seen wearing a white colour t-shirt with a slogan mentioned 'I Love Wayanad' at the back, campaigning for his sister and Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for a by-election scheduled to take place with Maharashtra assembly election on November 20.
Both the leaders were seen cheering huge crowd at the roadshow in the constituency. The Congress leaders hold joint road show in Sulthan Bathery of Wayanad. A video shared on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), by Congress shows Rahul Gandhi flaunting his t-shirt's back slogan while crowd cheered him with claps and shouts.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, he was hugging people and being kissed. He was saying, "I love you. "They were saying, "We love you. "I realised while I was on the plane today that for many years, I did not use the word "love" in politics. After I came to Wayanad, suddenly, I started using the word "love" in politics," said Gandhi.
"I realised that it was because the people of Wayanad gave me so much love and affection that my entire politics changed...People at Wayanad taught me that the word has a very important place in politics. That is why I am wearing this t-shirt," Gandhi said further.
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'I Love Wayanad' Slogan on Rahul Gandhi's T-Shirt
The high-octane public campaigning for the crucial bypolls in Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency and Chelakkara Assembly segment will conclude on Monday. The Wayanad Lok Sabha seat has been a stronghold of the Congress-led UDF, and the Chelakkara segment has long been a bastion of the CPI (M)-led LDF.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the UDF candidate who has been leading the last leg of the campaigning by camping in the constituency, is present in Wayanad on the last day of public campaigning.