Her stature was reduced… Why did the former Congress leader say this about Priyanka Gandhi?

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The Congress decided on Monday that Rahul will remain an MP from Rae Bareli while resigning from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. Rahul won from Wayanad twice in a row. He easily won from Wayanad for the first time in 2019. Now Priyanka Gandhi will contest an election for the first time in the by-election to be held here.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is going to start electoral politics from Wayanad.

After a long wait, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is now going to try her luck in the electoral battle. The Congress has decided to field her in the by-election from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. There is a lot of enthusiasm among the workers due to this decision of the party, but a former Congress leader says that giving Priyanka Gandhi a by-election ticket is like reducing her stature.

On Priyanka Gandhi being fielded from Wayanad seat after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi retained the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat, former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam said, "Priyanka Gandhi is the most popular face within the Congress. She should have been made the Congress President. She should have been given the command of the Congress."

My best wishes to her: Acharya Krishnam

On the decision to field her in the by-election, Krishnam said, "An attempt is being made to further diminish Priyanka Gandhi's stature by giving her a Lok Sabha ticket in the by-election. Still, she is starting a new innings, my best wishes to her. But by fielding Priyanka from Wayanad, the Congress has proved one thing that the Congress does not trust Hindus. If they had faith in Hindus, they would have fielded her from somewhere else."


Earlier, on Monday, the Congress decided that Rahul will remain an MP from Rae Bareli while he will resign from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. Rahul won from Wayanad twice in a row. She won easily for the first time from Wayanad in 2019.

Priyanka entered active politics in 2019

However, she lost the Amethi seat, considered the family's stronghold. In the Lok Sabha elections that ended earlier this month, Rahul contested from Wayanad and Rae Bareli. She won both the seats. But now she is leaving the Wayanad seat.

On the other hand, after talks of contesting from several parliamentary seats including Amethi, Rae Bareli and Varanasi, Priyanka will now start her electoral politics from Wayanad in Kerala. Kerala is the state where the Congress performed brilliantly in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections like in 2019.

Priyanka entered active politics in 2019 and was then made the general secretary in-charge of the important eastern Uttar Pradesh in January and then the general secretary in-charge of the entire state.