Gujarat Congress invites Rahul Gandhi to address three public meetings in August

Ahmedabad: Gujarat unit of Indian National Congress has formally invited party’s national president Rahul Gandhi to do campaign in Gujarat in the month of August for upcoming 182-seat Gujarat assembly polls likely to be held in the month of December this year.

The state unit has invited Rahul Gandhi to address public meetings at Bhuj, Rajkot and Vadodara covering Kutch, Saurashtra and Central Gujarat regions respectively.

August however is rainy month and party will need to spend huge on tents and mobilization of public if three meetings are arranged in open which is likely Typically the party targets mobilisation of 50,000 to lakh people in Rahul Gandhi’s region(north Gujarat, South Gujarat, Central Gujarat, Saurashtra, Kutch, city) specific rally.

The Congress party in Gujarat wants to counter regular visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah by inviting Rahul Gandhi and holding his public meetings. Prime Minister Modi has addressed multiple public meetings this year in Gujarat during his five visits so far while Shah is visiting Gujarat at least once every month. Next, Shah is going to address page pramukh and booth team gatherings for north Gujarat in Gandhinagar and for South Gujarat in Navsari before mid-July.

Rahul Gandhi has returned from 17-day foreign vacation on 1st July. He has addressed a rally at Dediapada in tribal belt of Gujarat in Central Gujarat in the month of April this year. He had also addressed a rally covering north Gujarat region at Mahesana in the month of December last year.

Prior to his April visit to Gujarat, the State BJP spokesperson had issued a statement that more Rahul Gandhi pays visit to Gujarat, more BJP will benefit in this state.

BJP is ruling party in Gujarat since 1990s but Congress is hoping to do better this time and repeat its performance in year 2015 district and taluka panchayat polls. While Congress continued to lose municipal corporations and municipalities, it had gained in district panchayat and taluka panchayat polls thanks to Patidar quota agitation related anti-govt sentiments which were on peak at that time.

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