Rahul, Priyanka visiting Wayanad first time since his disqualification

Disgraced Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will visit his former Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad on Tuesday, for the first time since his disqualification from Parliament. His sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be accompanying him during his visit.

Gandhi was disqualified as the MP from Wayanad last month after being convicted and sentenced in a 2019 criminal defamation case.

In Wayanad, Gandhi will participate in various activities organised by the UDF as a show of strength. According to local media reports, the Gandhi siblings are scheduled to hold a road show called 'Satyameva Jayate' and a conference in Kalpetta. In the roadshow, only the national flag will be used instead of the party flags, Congress said.

Thereafter, there will be another event - Cultural Democratic Defense - which has been organized as part of the conference and leading cultural activists of Kerala are expected to take part in it, the party said. The duo would address a public event there in the afternoon.

Senior Congress leaders like AICC general secretaries K.C. Venugopal and Tariq Anwar, KPCC president K. Sudhakaran and Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly V.D. Satheesan will participate in the UDF-organised conference. Muslim League State president Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal will also attend the conference.