Ahead of the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election, the flying squad of the Election Commission, along with local police, seized food kits featuring images of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi at Thirunelly, Wayanad district. The kits, which displayed photos of the Congress leaders, were reportedly stored near the home of a local Congress worker.
The Congress party clarified that the food kits were intended for distribution to victims of recent landslides in Wayanad. However, the party stated that the kits had been set aside due to the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct for the upcoming bypoll.