Waynad, April 4: Three journalists were reported to be injured on Thursday after a barricade broke during a roadshow of Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Kerala’s Wayanad. Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra came to the rescue of the injured journalists and took them to an ambulance. The Congress president accompanied by Priyanka held his first roadshow in the southern state today.

Earlier in the day, Gandhi filed his nomination papers from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. The Congress president, for the first time, will contest Lok Sabha election from two seats. Apart from Wayanad, Gandhi will contest from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress president will be seeking a third consecutive term from the Congress bastion in UP. Rahul Gandhi Promises to 'Scrap NITI Aayog', Reinstitute Planning Commission if Congress Voted to Power in Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

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In Wayanad, which is a safe seat of Congress, Gandhi will face a challenge from the Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate PP Suneer and Thushar Vellappally, president of BJP-ally Bharat Dharma Jana Sena. In the last two Lok Sabha elections, M I Shanawaz of the Congress won the seat, defeating the CPI candidate. The Wayanad parliamentary seat is vacant after the demise of Shanawaz.

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