BJP's Navya Haridas challenges Priyanka Gandhi's Wayanad election

Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Navya Haridas has moved the Kerala High Court challenging the election of Congress Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in the last month's bypoll.In her petition, Ms Haridas has claimed that the Congress MP did not correctly disclose her and her family's assets in the nomination papers and provided "false information". "It clearly states that the nomination papers were misleading. Many important things were hidden from the nomination papers like the assets of Ms Gandhi Vadra and her family," she said.

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Advocate Hari Kumar G Nair, who filed the petition for Ms Haridas, said the petition seeks setting aside of Ms Gandhi Vadra's election for allegedly "suppressing vital information about the various assets owned by her and her family", and "misguiding, misinforming and keeping the voters in the dark with the intention of influencing their choice". The matter is likely to come up for a hearing in January next year as the high court will be on vacation from December 23 to January 5. With Ms Gandhi Vadra's entry in the Lok Sabha, the three Gandhis, including Rahul Gandhi and their mother Sonia Gandhi, are now Members of Parliament. Mrs Gandhi is currently serving as a Rajya Sabha MP. Ms Gandhi Vadra made her successful maiden electoral debut from the Wayanad seat after defeating her rival by over five lakh votes in the November 13 bypoll.