Congress president Rahul Gandhi has consented to fight from Wayanad in Kerala, according to former chief minister of Kerala Oomen Chandy. T. Siddique, who was to fight from the constituency has apparently backed out to make way for Rahul Gandhi, Chandy informed.

Chandy, who is also the AICC general secretary, said that KPCC had demanded that Rahul Gandhi fight from Wayanad.

Meanwhile, KPCC chief Ramesh Chennithala has said that Rahul Gandhi will be fighting from Amethi and will win with huge majority there. Rahul Gandhi is facing BJP's Smrithi Irani in Amethi and the fight is expected to be a formidable one.

In the Congress list that was published last night, candidates for Wayanad and Vadakara did not figure. As Wayanad is a safe seat for Congress and since Rahul Gandhi had expressed his interest to fight from a seat in the South, Chandy suggested Wayanad as the best option. If Rahul fights from the constituency, KPCC hopes that it will have positive reflections across the state.

Demands that Rahul Gandhi should be fielded from Wayanad was already doing the rounds on Facebook ever since the election dates were declared.