Kerala CM tussle: Posters in Wayanad against Rahul, Priyanka for 'promoting' KC Venugopal

WAYANAD: Ten days after the Congress-led UDF stormed to power in Kerala with one of its most emphatic victories in recent political history, the alliance still finds itself trapped in an embarrassing deadlock over the choice of Chief Minister, exposing deep cracks within the party and triggering public anger that has now spilled onto the streets of Wayanad.

In a sharp and unprecedented escalation, anonymous posters targeting Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra appeared near the Wayanad DCC office, reflecting what many within the party privately admit is a growing public resistance to the possible elevation of K.C. Venugopal as Kerala’s next Chief Minister.

The posters, written in English and clearly aimed at the Congress high command, accuse Rahul and Priyanka of attempting to impose K.C. Venugopal on Kerala despite widespread public sentiment running against him.

One of the posters warns that ‘Kerala will never forgive you’, while another ominously declares that ‘Wayanad will become another Amethi’, directly invoking the humiliating electoral defeat Rahul Gandhi suffered in Uttar Pradesh in 2019.

The political symbolism could not have been sharper.

Wayanad was once Rahul Gandhi’s political sanctuary and is now represented in Parliament by Priyanka Gandhi.

The anger surfacing from the constituency itself has become a direct challenge to the Gandhi siblings’ authority over Congress affairs in Kerala.