Wayanad: Newly elected Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who is on a two-day visit to Kerala thanked the voters on Sunday for her maiden electoral win. After conducting a road show, she addressed the gathering at Mananthavady and expressed her gratitude to the people and UDF workers. She promised to be with the people of Wayanad, fighting shoulder to shoulder for their needs. 

"Today we are fighting for the spirit of our nation, soul of India. We are fighting against a force that is doing everything in its power to destroy the institutions upon which our country was built," Priyanka said while addressing the gathering at Mananthavady.

Apart from Mananthavady, Priyanka will address joint public meetings at Sulthan Bathery and Kalpetta on Sunday. Her brother and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is also accompanying her in the two-day tour to the constituency. 

On the first day of her visit, Priyanka accompanied by Rahul Gandhi, participated in public meetings at Mukkam in Thiruvambadi, Kaulai in Nikambur, Wandoor and Edavanna in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts on Saturday. The Wayanad constituency comprises seven assembly segments of Mananthavady (ST), Sulthan Bathery (ST), and Kalpetta in Wayanad district; Thiruvambady in Kozhikode district; and Eranad, Nilambur, and Wandoor in Malappuram district. Priyanka had scored her maiden electoral victory by winning the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll with a huge margin of 4,10,931 votes, which is bigger than the lead her brother Rahul secured when he won from the constituency during the Lok Sabha general elections held early this year.