‘Promised Rahul my work will deepen this bond’: Priyanka Gandhi pens heartfelt note for Wayanad voters

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi who is looking to make her electoral debut in the Lok Sabha from Wayanad in Kerala, said that she will work closely with farmers and tribal communities to address the difficulties and challenges they face, in an open letter to the people of Wayanad.

Highlighting the bonding of her brother and Wayanad former MP Rahul Gandhi with the constituency, Priyanka said that when Rahul asked her to contest from Wayanad, he did it with a mixture of pride and sadness in his heart.

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"Pride in your values, in your culture and in your genuinely deep bond with him and sadness for having to leave you. I promised him that my work here will serve to deepen this bond," the Nehru-Gandhi scion said in the letter.

He was especially concerned about the difficulties faced by the farming and tribal communities, she said, adding that she hopes to work closely with the people to face these challenges.

Priyanka also told that she was deeply touched by the brave spirit of humanity and cooperation among the people of Wayanad which she witnessed after the recent landslide. Hence, she felt it is an honour to represent them in the Parliament, said Priyanka, who is scheduled to resume her bypoll campaign in Wayanad from Monday.

Urging people to elect her as an MP in the November 13 bypoll, she promised that her work would serve to deepen the bond with them and that she would do all she could to fight for them and represent them in the way that they wish to be represented in Parliament.

She said the people of Wayanad will be "my guides and teachers" in this journey, which is her first as a public representative.

"You will be my guides and teachers in this journey which (I hope) will be my first as a public representative but not my first as a public fighter!

Priyanka also said that protecting the natural beauty and uncountable resources of Wayanad needs to be central to the development of Wayanad.

(With PTI inputs)