In neighbouring Karnataka, it was Congress all the way–winning all the three Assembly seats WAYANAD/BENGALURU — Southern electors gave the thumbs up to Congress nominees, including its top leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, as the grand old party on Saturday swept the Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls held in Karnataka and the Left-ruled Kerala. The Wayanad voters did not disappoint the Gandhi family for the third time in a row, picking Priyanka to succeed her brother Rahul Gandhi. She defeated the nominees fielded by the ruling Left and the BJP. Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, had won back-to-back electoral contests from this Kerala hill constituency in 2019 and 2024. However, he vacated it after winning from the family’s Uttar Pradesh bastion Rae Bareilly this year, following which the party fielded Priyanka. And she triumphed with an impressive margin of over 4.10 lakh votes, demonstrating Wayanad’s preference for the Gandhi family. VIDEO | Wayanad By-poll Result: "I want to thank the people of Wayanad for the manner in which they have made me victorious. They gave a lot of love. I want to assure them that I will totally fulfil my responsibility. I will become their voice, and...