Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad again, War of words over non inclusion of Gadkari's name in BJP's 1st list

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Kerala's Wayanad once again as the party announced its first list of 39 candidates on Friday.

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has been fielded by the party from Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal from Alappuzha (Kerala) and Shashi Tharoor renominated from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.

And a war of words erupted between Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over non inclusion of Gadkari's name in BJP's 1st list