Priyanka Gandhi to take oath as MP on Thursday-Telangana Today

With this, she will join her brother Rahul Gandhi and mother Sonia Gandhi in Parliament.

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who won the Lok Sabha poll from Kerala’s Wayanad constituency, will take oath as an MP on Thursday.

With this, she will join her brother Rahul Gandhi and mother Sonia Gandhi in Parliament. The Wayanad Lok Sabha seat was vacated by Rahul Gandhi after winning against Wayanad and Rae Bareli. Rahul chose Rae Bareli and left Wayanad. The Congress then decided to remove her sister Priyanka Gandhi from the seat.

She won the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat with a huge lead of 4,10,931 votes, defeating CPI(M) candidate Sathyan Mokeri. She surpassed Rahul Gandhi’s margin of victory in the Lok Sabha elections. This will be the first time that the Gandhi family will have three members at the same time in Parliament.

In doing so, she will also join a list of MPs with at least one family member in either House of Parliament. His mother, Sonia Gandhi, was elected to the Rajya Sabha after deciding not to contest the 2024 general elections from Rae Bareli. Congress Party leaders from Wayanad on Wednesday handed over the election certificate to Priyanka Gandhi in the national capital and conveyed their best wishes to her.

Photos released by the party showed Rahul Gandhi offering sweets to his sister after she received the certificate. Expressing her appreciation after receiving her election certificate, Priyanka Gandhi described it as a testimony of love, trust and shared values.

“My colleagues from Wayanad brought my election certificate today. For me, it is not just a document, it is a symbol of your love, your trust and the values ​​to which we are attached. Thank you Wayanad for choosing me to continue this journey to build a better future for you,” she wrote on her X handle.

Her debut into the electoral fray comes 20 years after she campaigned for Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli and Rahul Gandhi in Amethi during the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. Along with Priyanka Gandhi, Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan will also take oath. Patil secured the Nanded Lok Sabha seat in the by-election, with 5,86,788 votes. This election was necessitated by the death of former Congress MP Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan.