Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will retain the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh while giving up the Wayanad seat in Kerala, from which his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will run.

Reflecting on her three-decade-long service to Rae Bareli, Sonia hailed it as the "biggest asset" of her life and highlighted her family's enduring connection to the constituency, spanning a century.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today filed his nomination papers from the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat, which his mother, Sonia Gandhi, has held for the last two decades.