Rahul Gandhi, back in Wayanad as MP, gets rousing welcome
Hundreds of Congress workers raise slogans in support of Gandhi as he reaches Wayanad
Workers of the Congress-led UDF gave Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a rousing welcome in his parliamentary constituency, Wayanad, in Kerala on Saturday (August 12). This was Gandhi's maiden visit after his Lok Sabha membership was restored.
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Hundreds of Congress workers, who assembled at the reception venue, raised slogans in support of Gandhi as he reached there at 5.30 pm.
Leaders of the Congress-led Opposition alliance in Kerala welcomed him.
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— ANI (@ANI) August 12, 2023
Gandhi was reinstated as the MP from Wayanad after the Lok Sabha Secretariat issued a notification in the wake of the Supreme Court staying his conviction in the "Modi surname" defamation case last week.
(With agency inputs)