Priyanka Gandhi Files Nomination For Wayanad, Marks Poll Debut With Roadshow

"I have campaigned for my mother, for my brother and for many of my (party) colleagues. This is the first time I am campaigning for myself," said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who kicked off her electoral debut with a massive roadshow in Kalpetta here and filed her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, on Wednesday said she has 35 years of experience in the political arena beginning from the age of 17 years when she campaigned for her late father Rajiv Gandhi in 1989.

Priyanka, who reached Wayanad on Tuesday night with her mother and Congress Parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, led a massive roadshow along with her brother -- Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi -- in Kalpetta and then addressed the thousands who were gathered here to give her rousing welcome with placards, balloons and drum beats.

Addressing the massive gathering ahead of filing nominations for the November 13 bypoll, she said, "At the age of 17 years, I first campaigned for my father in 1989. It has been 35 years now (since then).