Congress chief snubbed at Priyanka Gandhi's nomination? Here is what happened

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The BJP has accused Congress of disrespecting its president Mallikarjun Kharge after a video showed the Dalit leader waiting outside the room where Priyanka Gandhi was filing her nomination papers for Wayanad bypolls..

A section of social media users, however, responded by posting pictures of Kharge with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi during the nomination filing process..

Priyanka Gandhi, who is contesting the Wayanad bypolls after the seat was vacated by her brother Rahul Gandhi, was scheduled to arrive at the district collector's office in Kalpetta to file her nomination at 1 pm after a rally...

After the procedure was completed, Robert Vadra and his son went out and Kharge entered the collector's office during the submission of the second set of nomination papers...

However, only the part where Kharge was seen waiting outside the collector's office went viral and was used by the BJP to attack the Congress...

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