Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad among Lok Sabha seats to face INDIA Vs INDIA contest: A look at its history

Kerala's Wayanad is among the Lok Sabha constituencies set to witness a tough contest between INDIA bloc allies. The Congress and the Communist Party of India (CPI), which are part of the Opposition's INDIA bloc, will be contesting against each other for the key Wayanad seat.

While the Congress has fielded its sitting MP and leader, Rahul Gandhi, from Wayanad, the CPI has fielded its senior leader, Annie Raja. The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kerala unit chief,, is also in the fray.

Annie Raja is the wife of CPI general secretary D Raja and holds the post of general secretary in the party's National Federation of Indian Women. She's also a member of the national executive of CPI.

The led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala. However, both the CPI and the CPI(M) are allies of the INDIA bloc at the national level. 

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is not the only constituency where the INDIA bloc allies are contesting against each other. The situation is the same in all the constituencies of Punjab and West Bengal.

The , in power in Punjab, and the Congress had earlier announced that in Punjab. However, the two political parties are fighting the — Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Chandigarh and Goa.

Meanwhile, the West Bengal Chief Minister (TMC) declared candidates for — not leaving any seat for its INDIA ally, Congress. TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee had earlier hit out at the Congress over the

In the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC), both part of the INDIA bloc, will compete against each other for the three seats in the Kashmir valley in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Wayanad has been a Congress bastion since 2009.

Rahul Gandhi, the current sitting MP of Wayanad, won the seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with a vote