Ahmedabad: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi arrived here this morning to start the second leg of his Navsarjan Gujarat Yatra from Kheda district in central Gujarat of the poll bound state.

Soon after arrival at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Rahul hold a meeting of with senior party leaders including Rajya sabha MP and political secretary of party president Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, state president Bharatsinh Solanki.

His trip is starting on a day when the team of Election Commission will also be in Gujarat to review the preparedness of assembly polls to be held this year and the dates of which are yet to be announced.

During his three day visit starting today he would participate in various meetings, interactions and rallies and would cover Kheda, Anand, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Panchmahal and Dahod districts of central Gujarat till October 11.

He had started the first leg of the Yatra from Dwarka on September 25 which had concluded in Jetpur of Rajkot after covering five district of Saurashtra region on September 27.

Rahul would be welcomed at the Hathijan circle in Mahmedabad in neighbouring Kheda district to mark the beginning of the Yatra today. Later he would participate in a public meeting near Khatraj crossing. The workers of Amul Dairy would welcome him in Jilhipura. He would visit Santram temple and then organize a corner meeting in Nadiyad.

Rahul will go to the residence of Sardar Patel in hid native village of Karmsad and then move to Petlad and later hold discussion with representatives of milk producers committees in Dedarada village of Anand district. A meeting on price rise issue would be held at Rathod crossing in Anand. He would hold an interaction with traders and businessmen in Sayaji hall in Vadodara in the evening where he would also stay during the night in the local circuit house.

On the second day ie October 10, Rahul would visit the Sankalp bhoomi of Babasaheb Ambedkar in Vadodara in the morning and also later hold an interaction with students at Sayaji hall. Crossing via Bhayali, Padra, Karjan (meeting), he would reach Dabhoi to interact with women health workers and visit the local APMC. After participating in some other events he would enter neighbouring Chhota Udepur district via Gamadi and hold a public meeting in Bodeli. The second night halt would be at the circuit house in Chhota Udepur.

On the third and final day of his trip he would interact with the students of tribal community at Darbar hall in Chhota Udepur and hold a meeting at Devgadh Bariya on the topic of unemployment. In the afternoon he would also hold a meeting in Limkheda in Dahod district on tribal rights issues. He would also visit local Kabir temple in Silya in Dahod. He would then enter Panchmahal district and hold a meeting with skilled labourers in Tawa village. His visit would end with a public meeting in Phagwel. He would come back to Ahmedabad in the evening to board a flight for Delhi.

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