By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | September 22, 2025 05:30 AM IST 2 min readRamesh ChennithalaWhen Kerala Congress unit leader Ramesh Chennithala was on the Wayanad leg of his statewide anti-drug march in Kalpetta, local MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her mother Sonia Gandhi happened to be passing by. Both disembarked from their cars, greeted the workers and took an anti-drug pledge before leaving. Priyanka had earlier turned down Chennithala’s request to be present at the programme as Sonia was on a private visit to Wayanad. Chennithala would hope this impromptu stop would not have gone unnoticed by party workers at a time of discussions over the CM candidate.Weekend ShowAn exhibition on the life of PM Narendra Modi, which started on his birthday, concluded at Delhi’s Connaught Place on Sunday, attracting a large weekend footfall. The performances included patriotic songs and poems. A local BJP member stole the show with a song hailing Modi as well as UP CM Yogi Adityanath as “mahaan” (great). The song also took aim at a range of political leaders: Jawaharlal Nehru, RJD’s Lalu Prasad, the late SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, BSP’s Mayawati and TMC chief and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.Write TimeRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was speaking at the launch of the book ‘Everything All At Once’ by Rajiv Kumar and Ishan Joshi in Delhi on Sunday. At the event, Rupa Publications MD Kapish Mehra asked Bhagwat to write on life in the RSS to mark the 100th year of its inception.© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Congress