Dwarka/Jamnagar: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today started his 3 day Saurashtra tour as the first leg of state wide Narsarjan Gujarat yatra in the poll bound state from the pilgrim town of Dwarka after seeking the blessings of lord Dwarkadheesh and Shankaracharya of Sharda peeth.

Rahul, who landed at the Mithapur airport near Dwarka in a chartered plane went directly to the temple where he participated in Puja and Aarti and then went to Sharda peeth to seek blessings of Shankracharya before starting his journey in a specially designed luxury bus. Gujarat in-charge of the party and former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, state president Bharatsinh Solanki, former president Siddharth Patel and other senior leaders of the party who earlier welcomed on the airport were also present with him in the bus which would cross through various villages of five districts before culmination of the yatra in Jetpur on September 27.

Rahul would address several public meetings and interactive meetings with local farmers, women and other commoners during his 3 day trip.

Today during his journey from Dwarka to Jamnagar, where he would hold a road show of sorts in the city before night halt, rode a bullock cart to woo the farmers of village Hanjadapara.

Notably, Rahul would 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.

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. The second leg of the tour would start from October 4.

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