Congress President Rahul Gandhi and now an MP from Wayanad in Kerala will visit his Lok Sabha Constituency on June 7 to thank voters for electing him as their representative. Gandhi will be visiting Kerela’s Wayanad during his two-day visit to South State.
‘Congress President & newly elected Member of Parliament from Wayanad, Shri @RahulGandhi will be in the constituency on 7th & 8th of June to thank the people for their love & support.’, tweeted Rahul Gandhi from his Wayanad Official Handle.
Earlier Rahul Gandhi had on May 23 tweeted thanks to Wayanad voters. ‘I accept the verdict of the people of India Congratulations to the winners, Mr Modi & the NDA. Thank you to the people of Wayanad for electing me as your MP. Thank you also to the people of Amethi. Thank you Congress workers & leaders for your hard work in this campaign’ said Rahul Gandhi in a tweet on May 23.
I accept the verdict of the people of India 🇮🇳
Congratulations to the winners, Mr Modi & the NDA.
Thank you to the people of Wayanad for electing me as your MP.
Thank you also to the people of Amethi.
Thank you Congress workers & leaders for your hard work in this campaign.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 23, 2019
Rahul Gandhi won the Lok Sabha Polls with a heavy margin of over 4.30 Lah votes from Wayanad Lok Sabha Seat. He defeated his opponent PP Sunner of CPI-M in the recently held national polls.
It should be noted that Rahul Gandhi taking moral responsibility of the defeat had offered to step down from his post at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on Saturday. Reportedly despite the CWC rejected his resignation, now an MP from Wayanad Rahul Gandhi is said to be unfazed.
The Congress had on Saturday, May 25 held its Working Committee meeting to discuss the reasons responsible for its poor performance in the recently held national polls 2019. Rahul Gandhi taking moral responsibility of defeat had on Saturday offered his resignation and asked party leaders to get a new name for party president post.
The Congress faced a crushing defeat in national polls and won 52 seats, which is only 8 more than it got in 2014 national polls. It has also lost some of its strongholds across the country including Rahul Gandhi’s Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and Jyotiraditya Scindia‘s Guna in Madhya Pradesh.
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