Congress leaders including Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who are on their way to violence-hit Sambhal have been stopped at the Ghazipur border on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway.
Security forces have been deployed at Chhajarsi Toll Plaza near Hapur, Uttar Pradesh as Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are likely to visit violence-hit Sambhal on Wednesday.
As India Meteorological Department predicted heavy rain in Kerla's ecologically sensitive Wayanad district on Monday (December 2), the district emergency operations centre is actively monitoring the situation on the ground, said Wayanad Collector Meghashree.
In view of the Red Alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for December 2, all educational institutions in Wayanad, including tuition centres, anganwadis, and professional colleges, will remain closed.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday vowed to protect the institution of democracy from the destructiveness of the BJP and its policies and the rights of every Indian, regardless of religion, caste, or gender.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited her constituency, Wayanad in Kerala, for the first time earlier on Saturday after taking her oath as a Member of Parliament.
Congress General Secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday thanked the people of the constituency for making her win the elections and said that she will never "disappoint" the people of Wayanad.
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asserted that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi is a new member of the Parliament of Wayanad, adding that it was the feeling inside the hearts of the people of Wayanad that brought her to this position.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is scheduled to visit her constituency Wayanad in Kerala on Saturday for the first time after taking oath as the member of Parliament.
After Priyanka Gandhi took oath as Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad on Thursday, her husband Robert Vadra said she will support her brother Rahul Gandhi and add strength to the party.