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Gandhi Family Visits Wayanad as Congress Seeks to Steady Local Unit

Senior leaders held quiet talks to address factional rifts ahead of local polls.

Overview

  • Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi arrived on September 19 for a stay described by the party as private, joining MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's constituency tour.
  • Rahul held informal discussions with AICC organisation chief K. C. Venugopal and KPCC president Sunny Joseph focused on curbing infighting and preparing for local‑body and Assembly elections.
  • Party sources said a meeting of leaders decided to settle a portion of debts linked to deceased former DCC treasurer N. M. Vijayan as an immediate relief step.
  • The visit included outreach to farmers and research institutions, with meetings at the Regional Coffee Research Station in Chundale and a tour of the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in Kalpetta.
  • On Sunday, the leaders paid tribute to Sree Narayana Guru in Kalpetta, and Priyanka later met Samastha president Jifri Thangal and inaugurated health facilities in Malappuram.