Sonia Gandhi contested the first election when she was 52 years old. Now Priyanka Gandhi is 52 years old and is going to contest the first election of her life. If Priyanka Gandhi wins from Kerala's Wayanad seat, the Gandhi family will have three MPs together. Hello, Rajiv Gandhi contested the first election at the age of 36 and became the Prime Minister of the country for 40 years. Rahul Gandhi also contested the first election in the 33rd year but after all these years the Congress government could not be formed at the center under the leadership of Rahul. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, granddaughter of Indira Gandhi from the Gandhi family, has officially stepped into politics. The challenge for Priyanka is that she has to shed the image of Rahul Gandhi's sister, even though people are seeing her as Indira Gandhi. Priyanka campaigned for her brother Rahul in the Wayanad seat during the Lok Sabha elections Rahul Gandhi contested from two seats. Rae Bareli and Wayanad. Rahul won both the seats with a big lead. Priyanka also campaigned for her brother Rahul from the Wayanad seat. After that, Rahul retained the Rae Bareli seat and left the Wayanad seat. Rahul won the election here from Wayanad by 3 lakh 64 thousand votes. While in the 2019 election, Rahul won this seat with a record 4 lakh 31 thousand 770 votes. After Rahul left the Wayanad seat, it was being said continuously that now Congress will field Priyanka Gandhi from here. It happened but the same. 52-year-old Priyanka Gandhi is going to contest the first election of her life from Wayanad. What did Priyanka Gandhi say after the announcement of her name? After the Congress officially announced the name of Priyanka Gandhi for the Wayanad seat, Priyanka said, “I am very happy to represent Wayanad and I will not let the people here feel the absence of Rahul Gandhi. I will work hard and do my best to please everyone and be a good representative.” I will try. I have a very old relationship with Wayanad and it cannot be broken,” Rahul Gandhi said after filling the form in Wayanad and I am confident that she will win the election. People of Wayanad think that they have two members of parliament, one is my sister and the other is me. My doors are always open for the people of Wayanad, I love every person of Wayanad. Rahul said that there are two MPs of Wayanad. Rahul and Priyanka held a meeting after Priyanka Gandhi filled the form in Wayanad seat, one officially and the other unofficially. In the address, Rahul took down the emotion card. Rahul said that Priyanka has compromised with her family to contest the election because she considers the people of Wayanad as her family. is Rakhi is tied in my hand. Which is made by Priyanka. I don't take this off until it breaks down. This is a symbol of sister's protection. So I request the people of Wayanad that you have to protect my sister. Priyanka said – Only tough people are given tough responsibility Priyanka may be fighting in the election field for the first time but she is considered an old player of politics. Priyanka, who entered active politics five years ago in 2019, was made the General Secretary of AICC for East Uttar Pradesh on 4 February 2019. After that, he was made General Secretary of Congress on 11 September 2020. When he was given the responsibility of Uttar Pradesh, the media asked him, “Isn't it tough to give you the responsibility of Uttar Pradesh?” Then he replied that only tough people are given tough responsibility. After campaigning for Congress for 35 years, Priyanka is now campaigning for herselfPriyanka Gandhi Vadra has Congress in her DNA. He has been preaching since he was 17 years old. Priyanka campaigned for father Rajiv. Campaigned for mother Sonia. Campaigned for brother Rahul. Has often campaigned for veteran Congress leaders. 35 years have passed since Priyanka campaigned. Now is the time that he has to campaign for himself. Rahul got huge lead in both Rae Bareli and Wayanad seats Rahul Gandhi contested and won from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh and Wayanad in Kerala. He got a huge lead in both the seats. In Rae Bareli seat, he got 6 lakh 87 thousand 649 votes and 66.17% vote share. He has got a lead of 3 lakh 90 thousand 030. So Rahul got 6 lakh 47 thousand 445 votes in Wayanad seat. His vote share here was 59.69%. Here Rahul's lead is 3 lakh 64 thousand 422. The funny thing is that Rahul Gandhi had the highest lead in the entire UP. There is a danger to Congress in Wayanad seat. Wayanad is a committed seat of Congress. In 2009 came into existence after new demarcation. Late MI Sangwas was a Congress MP in 2009 and 2014. Rahul Gandhi won in 2019 and 2024. Wayanad is a seat where Hindu-Muslim population is almost equal. 45 percent are Hindu, 41.3 percent Muslim and 13.7 percent Christian. Even if Rahul Gandhi leaves the seat in 2024, Congress is also at risk on this committed seat. Two years later, in 2026, there are assembly elections in Kerala. After Rahul's resignation, a by-election is being held on this seat and Priyanka's name has come up. It remains to be seen how much support the Congress ally Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) will provide in such a situation. Because the onus is on the voters of IUML to win this seat for Rahul. Wayanad Constituency consists of seven assembly seats in three districts. Three of these assembly constituencies are from Malappuram district and one assembly constituency is from Kozhikode district, in which the IUML has significant influence. IMUL has been leaning towards Congress but if it pulls out this time it could prove to be a definite challenge for Priyanka. Like Grandma Indira, Priyanka's fearless speeches… Indira Gandhi could speak her words very clearly and was fearless in her speeches. Same is the case with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. She also gives bold speeches like Dadi. When Prime Minister Modi or a BJP leader made accusations against the Congress or the Gandhi family, Priyanka has responded without hesitation. See some examples… Who from the Gandhi family contested the first election at what age? Priyanka's affidavit came into discussion because… Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has assets of 12 crores. It has 2 crore 24 lakh mutual funds. 3 lakh 60 thousand rupees in the bank. Cash is 52 thousand rupees. 4 kg 400 grams of gold worth 1 crore 15 lakhs. 29 lakh rupees worth of silver. 8 lakh rupees car which was gifted by her husband Robert Vadra. Priyanka's annual income for 2023-2024 is 46 lakh 39 thousand rupees. While the average annual income of a person in India is 1 lakh 84 thousand rupees. Two FIRs have been lodged against her and husband Robert Vadra has assets worth Rs 66 crore. Priyanka's affidavit came into discussion and people are calling her a millionaire. But despite being a member of the Gandhi family, Priyanka's assets are very less compared to other Lok Sabha MPs. How many MPs of which party are millionaires? BJP is now ahead in family politics; Congress not worried about allegations If election results go in favor of Congress, Priyanka Gandhi is going to enter Parliament at a time when Rahul Gandhi is in Lok Sabha and Sonia Gandhi is in Rajya Sabha. This would be called an example of nepotism in politics but not for the first time. Five leaders of the Samajwadi family, including Mulayam Singh Yadav, have been seen sitting in Parliament. Even in the recently held Haryana elections, the BJP was also in the limelight due to its politics of nepotism. A similar situation is being seen in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. In Jharkhand, BJP has taken care of the families of three former chief ministers. Arjun Munda's wife Meera Munda, Raghubar Das's daughter-in-law Poornima and Champai Soren's son Babulal Soren have also been nominated as BJP candidates in the Jharkhand assembly elections. Raghubar Das is currently the Governor of Odisha. Similarly, the BJP has also included the name of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's daughter Srijaya Chavan in the list of 99 candidates announced for the Maharashtra assembly elections. Srijaya Chavan is the third generation leader of the family who is contesting from the family seat Bhokar. Before Ashok Chavan, his father Shankarrao Chavan has also been an MLA from Bhokar. There is also a family from which two candidates are in the fray. Ashish Shelar has been nominated as the BJP candidate from Bandra West, while his younger brother Vinod Shelar has been nominated as the BJP candidate from Malad. Till now, the thorn of familism used to boil over the Congress. But now Congress also has issues, so even if someone accuses it, it is not worried. Even the parties other than Congress-BJP are not behind in familyism forth from Congress and BJP, Bihar has a similar picture. Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's daughter-in-law Deepa Manjhi has been fielded from Imamganj on the ticket of BJP's ally Hindustani Awam Morcha in the NDA. Strong leader and former MLA Sunil Pandey's son Vishal Prashant has also got BJP ticket in Tarari by-election. Similarly, Vishwanath Yadav, son of RJD MP Surendra Yadav in Belagunj and Ajit Singh, son of RJD leader Jagdanand Singh in Ramgarh, have been fielded on RJD tickets with the aim of saving the stronghold. Finally, Priyanka Gandhi was asked in an interview by a news channel, “Didn't you enter politics ten years late?” Then Priyanka replied that there is a time for everything. Mere Liye Yahi Sahi Samay Hai… Watch Monday to Friday at 8 PM Editors View… (Resources : Yashpal Bakshi)
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EDITOR'S VIEW: Priyanka for Wayanad after Rahul: Priyanka, known for making bold statements like grandmother Indira, to save Congress's sinking naia, will there now be three MPs from the Gandhi family?
