Priyanka Gandhi must fight Kanyakumari bypoll- Karthi Chidambaram

Congress MP Karthi Chidambaram wants Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should fight the Lok Sabha by- election from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. He has filed an application before the party's state election committee, requesting that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should be named as candidate for the by-polls to Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency. Chidambaram thinks this will will enthuse party cadre in Tamil Nadu, which is heading for assembly election next month. This is the second time that Chidambaram, the Congress MP from Sivaganga, has made this demand. In November last year, he tweeted to say that Congress needs a 'bold move' and demanded that Vadra should contest the Kanyakumari bypoll.

The Kanyakumar Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after siting Congress MP Vasanthamumar died of the coronacvirus disease (Covid-19) last year. The by-elecion to Kanyakumari will be held on april 6, along with Malappuram in Kerala, the Election Commission said on February 26 while announcing the schedule to assembly polls in four states in union territory of Puducherry.