Rajkot: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi would begin his 3 day Saurashtra tour as the first leg of state wide Narsarjan Gujarat yatra in the poll bound state on September 25 from the pilgrim town of Dwarka after seeking the blessings of lord Dwarkadheesh and Shankaracharya of Sharda peeth.

Addressing a joint press conference here along with party in-charge for Saurashtra and AICC secretary Rajiv Satav, MLA Shaktisinh Gohil, working president Paresh Dhanni, local MLA Indranil Rajguru and others today, former state president and Congress PEC member Arjun Modhwadiya informed.

‘In the first phase of the Gujarat Navsarjan Yatra of Congress from September 25 to 27, Rahul ji would commence his trip from Dwarka with the darshan of lord dwarkadheesh and sharda peeth. He will then cross through Kalyanpur, Bhatiya, Khambhaliya etc and meet the villagers en route. In the evening he will reach Jamnagar where the local business community would welcome him in Chandi Bazaar. He will make night halt at Jamnagar and the next day i e September 26 he will cross through Dhrol, Latipur and reach Tankara in Morbi district to address a meeting of farmers there. From there he would go to Pipaliya Raj, Sindhavadar, Kankot, Kuwadava, Navagam etc and meet the locals and farmers en route. In Rajkot he would be welcomed at various places including Parevadi chowk, Hospital Chowk, Zila Panchayat Chowk and Mahila college chowk and would have a dialogue with local traders-businessman in Hemu Gadhvi hall there in the evening before night halt that day in Rajkot,’ Modhwadiya said.

‘On the third and final day of the first phase of his tour on September 27, Rahul would go to Chotila and have darshan in the famous goddess temple there. He would then move to Aatkot, Mota Dadwa, Rakhoi, Choba etc and meet local woman to listen to their problems. In Jasdan he would meet farmers and then move to Gondal, Virpur, Kagvad, Khodaldham and finally reach Jetpur where the first leg of his tour will end with a big public rally,’ he said

He said that his second leg of the tour would start from October 4.

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