Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will tour Haryana over the next few days for election campaign, said former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday.

Mr. Hooda said the Congress chief would launch his election campaign in Haryana on Saturday by addressing a rally in Gurugram where former State Minister Ajay Singh Yadav is contesting against Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh.

Another rally is planned for Mahendragarh later, he said.

2014 poll result

Notably, in the 2014 election, the BJP had won seven of of the eight seats they contested and reaped electoral gains particularly from south Haryana, including Gurugram and Mahendragarh.

Mr. Hooda said Ms. Vadra would visit Ambala, Hisar and Rohtak on Tuesday. Rohtak was the only seat won by the Congress the last time.