Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 22 -- Amid intensifying discussions in Congress circles over who should be projected as the party's chief ministerial candidate in Kerala, senior leader and AICC Working Committee member Ramesh Chennithala today received a major morale boost when Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made a surprise appearance at his anti-drug march in Kalpetta.

The Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and her daughter, who were on a private visit to Wayanad, halted their car near the venue of the State-wide 'Walk Against Drugs' campaign being spearheaded by Chennithala.

The brief but symbolic gesture has generated ripples in party circles, especially as Chennithala - a former Opposition Leader in the Kerala Assembly - is se...