Wayanad: Congress President Rahul Gandhi has an emotional link with the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency from where he is contesting polls besides, party leaders said here Thursday.
An urn containing the ashes of his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was brought here in 1991 and they were immersed in Papanasini, a stream connected to a famous temple dedicated to Lord Maha Vishnu in a picturesque Thirunelli village, leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala recalled. "The then chief minister K Karunakaran, myself, Mullappally Ramacha-ndran and K C Venugopal had attended the ritual of immersing the ashes of Rajiv-ji in Papanasini," Mr Chennithala said here.
Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bomb blast at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991. Congress leaders indicated that Rahul Gandhi is likely to offer prayers at the hill shrine when he visits the constituency next time.
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