Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest the election from Wayanad to fill the vacant seat, the party said. A win for Ms Gandhi would mean the presence of all three Gandhi family members in the Indian parliament.
Her mother Sonia Gandhi, former president of the Congress party, is an MP in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament. The 52-year-old will contest the Wayanad seat in the southern Indian state of Kerala after her brother relinquishes it.support”.
A date for the by-election is yet to be announced but Ms Gandhi says she is “not nervous at all”.
“I am very happy to be able to represent Wayanad and I will not let them feel his [Rahul Gandhi’s] absence,” she said on Monday. “I will work hard and I will try my best to make everyone happy and be a good representative.”
