Summary:
After finishing a tough campaign against BJP leader Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, Congress leader and Chairman of All India Kisan Congress Nana Patole has been given the responsibility to campaign for Congress President Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seats in Kerala. It is notable that Patole had defeated the senior NCP leader Praful Patel by 1.45 lakh votes in 2014 Lok Sabha polls. In 2019, Rahul Gandhi pitted Patole against BJP stalwart Nitin Gadkari. Patole's aggressive campaign meant that Gadkari holed up in his constituency during the polls and couldn't campaign elsewhere till the polling in his constituency got over. Patole in a bid to defeat Gadkari is working on consolidating the DMK (Dalit, Muslim, Kunbi) plus Halba communities in Nagpur..