BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar criticised Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's nomination in Wayanad, claiming it was an attempt to "hoodwink the people again" after her brother, Rahul, "abandoned them" as MP. "People of Wayanad [aren't] ready to be fooled again," he said. At the same time, he praised NDA candidate Navya Haridas for her experience as a public servant.