It might finally be the time when Priyanka Gandhi Vadra could mark her electoral debut from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, contesting the bye-election from this seat once Rahul Gandhi vacates it for Raebareli, an NDTV report said on Thursday.

As in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections 2024, Rahul contested from both seats, aiming to retain Wayanad (Kerala) constituency and cementing the Congress’ legacy in Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh), considered the party’s stronghold. He won both seats by a huge margin of over 350,000 votes in each constituency, making a solid comeback as a strong Opposition face against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

The 'will she-won't she' around Ms Priyanka Gandhi contesting elections has been around since at least the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, when it had been speculated that she could challenge PM Modi in the Varanasi constituency at a time when the Congress was struggling to halt the BJP juggernaut.

After that didn't happen, Priyanka herself had said she wasn't ruling out contesting the Uttar Pradesh elections in 2022, when she was the Congress General Secretary for the state. She had, in fact, hinted that she could be the chief ministerial candidate, only to say hours later that she had meant it in a tongue-in-cheek way.

However she chose not to contest. Sources close to her had said she had made the decision because if she also won the Lok Sabha polls, it would have led to three Gandhis being in Parliament - her mother, brother and her - lending credence to the BJP's dynastic politics charge.

Amid the growing buzz about which seat Rahul will retain, the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Chief K Sudhakaran on Wednesday dropped a hint that Wayanad may go vacant.

Let's see will Priyanka Gandhi take over the Wayanad seat and make her entry into the politics?