Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi
Kerala has a history of electing leaders from outside the state as Lok Sabha MPs, including former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi and if his sister Priyanka Gandhi wins the by-election on November 13, she will also be in the list. Can join. Apart from Rahul Gandhi, many leaders from outside the state have served as MPs from Kerala. Among them, Muhammad Ismail from Tamil Nadu, GM Banatwala from Maharashtra and Ibrahim Suleman Sait from Karnataka are also such leaders. All of them were elected IUML MPs several times from the southern state.
‘Election King’ Padmarajan is also contesting elections
Interestingly, there are many ‘outsider’ candidates in the elections to be held next week. These include ‘Election King’ from Tamil Nadu. Padmarajan is also included. He has failed in the electoral battle more than 200 times. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he has also contested elections against former Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh. Gujarat’s Jayendra K Rathod is also among the 11 candidates contesting from the Pahari constituency. He had contested the Lok Sabha elections against Home Minister Amit Shah. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has also joined the list of external candidates contesting elections in Kerala and is in the electoral fray for the first time.
Wayanad by-election and who are the outside candidates?
Other outside candidates in the Wayanad bypoll include independent A Noor Mohammed from Tamil Nadu, Kisan Mazdoor Unemployed Sangh’s Gopal Swarup Gandhi from Uttar Pradesh and Bahujan Dravida Party’s A Seetha from Tamil Nadu. Apart from this, external candidates contesting as independent include Ismail Zabi Ullah from Karnataka, independent Sonu Singh Yadav from Uttar Pradesh, Shaikh Jaleel of Navrang Congress Party from Andhra Pradesh, Duggirala Nageswara Rao of Jatiya Jana Sena Party from Telangana and another independent Rukmini from Karnataka. Are also in the race. CPI’s Satyan Mokeri and BJP’s Navya Haridas are candidates.
Independent candidate R Rajan is the only candidate who is a Kerala resident. However, the 63-year-old Kalpetta resident said he is now working for Priyanka Gandhi’s victory. When asked why he filed his nomination, he said, “I don’t want to disclose that matter right now.” Many candidates from outside Kerala and their affiliated parties are largely unknown to Wayanad voters, who feel that most of them are contesting the elections only to take credit for contesting the elections against high-profile candidate Priyanka Gandhi.
Padmarajan has contested 245 elections
65 year old independent candidate from Tamil Nadu K. Padmarajan claims that he has contested 245 elections, including six for the post of President and six for the post of Vice President. “I have contested against four prime ministers: Narendra Modi in Vadodara in 2014, Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lucknow, PV Narasimha Rao in 1996 and Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha elections,” he said.
Long history of outside candidates in Kerala
Political observers believe that Kerala has a long history of outside candidates. Apart from Rahul, many leaders from outside the state have been MPs from Kerala. Muhammad Ismail, former national president of the Muslim League, was the first outsider to win a seat in Kerala, representing Manjeri in 1962. He was followed by Suleman Sait who represented Kozhikode, Manjeri and Ponnani between 1967 and 1991. He was also a Rajya Sabha member from Kerala from 1960 to 1966. (with language inputs)
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