Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took oath because the Lok Sabha member from Kerala’s Wayanad on Thursday amid a rapturous welcome from the Congress lawmakers, beginning her legislative profession that can be intently adopted by the Opposition and the Treasury benches alike for the doable impression.
She wore an off-white Kerala kasavu saree, held a duplicate of the Structure, and took oath in Hindi. Her brother and chief of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was within the Home. The siblings exchanged greetings as she got here down from the rostrum. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra then greeted Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not current within the Home.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on an aisle seat within the fourth row, indicating that she won’t be occupying a coveted front-row seat. HT reported Congress has sought front-row seats for lawmakers KC Venugopal, Okay Suresh, and Gaurav Gogoi. A Congress chief mentioned Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would possibly get a second-row seat for higher coordination with Rahul Gandhi and different Congress lawmakers. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra received the Wayanad by-poll by an enormous margin of 410,000 votes final week.
On July 17, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge introduced Rahul Gandhi would retain Raebareli, the constituency lengthy related to the Gandhi household, and vacate his Wayanad seat for his sister.
With Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s election, three members of the her household at the moment are members of Parliament (MPs). Her mom, Sonia Gandhi, shifted to Rajya Sabha earlier this yr and mentioned she wouldn’t contest the Lok Sabha election.
When her candidature was introduced, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mentioned she was not nervous. “I’m very glad. I’d not allow them to [Wayanad] really feel his [Rahul Gandhi]’s absence. I’ll work as onerous to make everybody glad. I will even assist him in Raebareli. I’ve an previous relationship with Raebareli and I’ve labored in each Amethi and Raebareli. I’ll assist bhaiya [brother] in Raebareli,” she mentioned.
In July, Rahul Gandhi mentioned it was “not a straightforward” resolution to go away Raebareli as he’s connected to each locations. “I’ve an previous relationship with Raebareli. I’m glad that I’ll symbolize it once more,” he mentioned. “I used to be Wayanad MP for the previous 5 years. It was a unbelievable expertise. Individuals of Wayanad, reducing throughout celebration strains, gave me love and affection. I need to thank them and can keep in mind them ceaselessly.”
Rahul Gandhi made his electoral debut in 2004 from Amethi. He selected Wayanad as a second seat to spice up the celebration’s prospects in Kerala in 2019. That yr, he misplaced to Union minister Smriti Irani in Amethi however received from Wayanad.
A Congress strategist mentioned Rahul Gandhi couldn’t depart Raebareli for political causes. “He’s the face of the celebration and should symbolize essentially the most politically essential state Uttar Pradesh. His presence will additional cement the Congress’s ties with Samajwadi Occasion.”
Rahul Gandhi’s grandmother, late former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, represented Raebareli between 1967 and 1977. Her husband Feroze Gandhi was a two-term MP. After Rahul Gandhi selected Amethi, Sonia Gandhi shifted to the adjoining Raebareli and represented it from 2004 to 2024.
In 1980, when Indira Gandhi received Raebareli and Medak seats, she left her Uttar Pradesh seat and opted for the one in Andhra Pradesh.
