Congress's Rahul Gandhi launched the party's election campaign in Rajasthan today
Congress president Rahul Gandhi today launched the election campaign in Rajasthan, with a day-long visit to the state capital Jaipur, where he will address scores of party leaders and workers who have gathered from across the state. He will address party workers and leaders from every district at the Ramlila ground in Jaipur.
According to AICC general secretary Avinash Pande, Rahul Gandhi will discuss the roadmap and strategy for the polls and guide the party leaders and workers during his visit. Another party leader informed that Rahul Gandhi will be welcomed at over 14 points from Jaipur airport to Ramlila ground and he will undertake a 13-kilometre road show in a specially designed bus. Congress workers on motorcycles have been asked to wear helmets during the three hour road show.
Here are the LIVE updates of Rahul Gandhi's campaign In Rajasthan:
Congress president Rahul Gandhi kicks-off conducts his first roadshow in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Greeted in large numbers by Congress supporters across the city, Rahul Gandhi will undertake a 13-kilometre road show in a specially designed bus. Party workers on motorcycles have been asked to wear helmets.
Congress party workers and leaders greet party president Rahul Gandhi at Jaipur airport
"In preparation for the upcoming state elections in Rajasthan, I will be in Jaipur today, to meet with citizens, Congress party workers and leaders and to address a public meeting at Ramleela Maidan at 4.30 pm," Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeted a couple of hours before he was to come to Rajasthan.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi is coming to Rajasthan for the first time after becoming the Congress president. It is the city where he was elevated as the vice president of the Congress party, so this place has a lot of significance for the party, a Congress leader said.