Toll in Wayanad climbed up to 143. On Wednesday morning, the rescuers could reach many inland areas, which were totally cut off.

Some people broke down at the shock of seeing the cold and injured bodies of their loved ones, while others heaved a sigh of relief that their kin were not among the deceased at a local community centre.

Most of Priyanka's speeches resembled conversations with the audience, creating a bond and making people feel they knew her, as if she was sharing her thoughts and feelings with them.

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.

While addressing a public meeting during his maiden visit to Kerala on Wednesday after winning the Wayanad LS seat, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expresses confidence that people of both Wayanad and Raebareli will be happy with the decision.

In the 2019 elections, Rahul Gandhi emerged victorious from the Wayanad constituency but faced defeat in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi seat. In the recent Wayanad elections, his opponents included CPI leader Annie Raja and the state BJP president, K. Surendran.

Contenders in Wayanad bring more substance to the table compared to what happens in Rae Bareli.

In the second phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections, the green landscape of Kerala will witness an electrifying political battle with big names like Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi in the fray.

After calling it quits, Sudhakaran claims Rahul Gandhi is 'inaccessible' to people of Wayanad.

"On Amethi, the party will decide. Whatever order I get, I will abide by that. In our party, these decisions are taken in the CEC (Central Election Committee) meeting." 

The helicopter had just landed in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris on its way to Wayanad when officials of the Election Commission's flying squad arrived to check it, a news agency reported

This is one of the many seats where the alliance dharma of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive (INDI) Alliance has been compromised, with the alliance partners contesting each other.