The state Congress wanted Rahul to be taken around on a road show, but sources said it would depend on security clearance from the Special Protection Group that guards him and the state police. “From what we know, he would file his nomination papers on Thursday,” state Congress spokesperson Pandalam Sudhakaran told The Telegraph on Monday. “If their agenda is to strengthen secular-democratic unity, they must withdraw from Wayanad,” state Congress president Mullapally Ramachandran told reporters. A senior Congress functionary in Kerala said the high command had given AICC general secretary K.C. “We can’t expect our party president to stick on to Wayanad as he has to tour across the country,” the party functionary said.

Source: The Telegraph April 01, 2019 22:18 UTC