Kerala has a history of electing out-of-state leaders to the Lok Sabha, including former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, who will be elected if his sister Priyanka Gandhi wins the November 13 by-election. She will also be on the roster. Apart from Rahul Gandhi, many leaders from outside the state have served as MPs from Kerala. Among them, Tamil Nadu’s Mohammad Ismail, Maharashtra MD Banatwala and Karnataka’s Ibrahim Suleiman Sait are also Such a leader. They have both been repeatedly elected FEI MPs from the southern states.
“King of Elections” Padmarajan also participates in the election
Interestingly, there are a number of “outsider” candidates in next week’s election. Among them is the “King of Elections” from Tamil Nadu. Padmarajan is also included. He has lost more than 200 electoral battles. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he has also campaigned against former Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh. Jayendra K Rathod of Gujarat is also among the 11 candidates from Pahari constituency. He had contested the Lok Sabha elections along with Home Minister Amit Shah. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has also joined the list of external candidates contesting the Kerala elections, entering the electoral fray for the first time.
Who are the external candidates in Wayanad by-election?
Other external candidates for the Wayanad by-election include independent Noor Mohammad from Tamil Nadu, Gopal Swarup of Kisan Mazdoor Unemployed Sangh from Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi and A Sita of the Bahujan Dravida Party from Tamil Nadu. Apart from this, external candidates contesting as independents include Ismail Zabi Ullah from Karnataka, Sonu Singh Sonu Singh Yadav, Shaikh Jaleel of the Navran Congress from Andhra Pradesh, Dujalala Na of the Independent People’s Party from Telangana Duggirala Nageswara Rao) and another independent from Karnataka Rukmini. Also in the game. CPI’s Satyan Mokeri and BJP’s Navya Haridas are the candidates.
Independent candidate R Rajan is the only candidate who is a resident of Kerala. However, the 63-year-old Kalpetta resident said he is now working towards Priyanka Gandhi’s victory. Asked why he filed his nomination, he said: “I don’t want to disclose it now.” Many candidates from outside Kerala and their affiliated parties are largely unknown to Wayanad voters, They feel that most of them are contesting elections just to get the glory of contesting against a well-known candidate, Priyanka Gandhi.
Padmarajan contested 245 elections
K. Padmarajan, a 65-year-old independent candidate from Tamil Nadu, claims to have participated in 245 elections, including 6 for President and 6 for Vice-President. He said: “I have contested against four prime ministers: Narendra Modi in Vadodara in 2014, Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lucknow, Narasimha in 1996 · Rao and Manmohan Singh in the federal assembly election.”
Kerala’s long history of external candidates
Political observers believe that Kerala has a long history of fielding outside candidates. Apart from Rahul, many out-of-state leaders are MPs from Kerala. Muhammad Ismail, former national president of the Muslim League, became the first outsider to win a seat in Kerala when he represented Manjeri in 1962. He was followed by Suleman Sait, who represented Kozhikode, Manjeri and Ponani between 1967 and 1991. He was also a member of the Kerala State Assembly from 1960 to 1966. (with language input)
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