PATNA: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who has so far addressed four election rallies in the state, will campaign in four more assembly constituencies on Tuesday and Wednesday. These four constituencies will go to the polls in the third and final phase on November 7.
On Tuesday, Rahul will address election rallies in Korha (Katihar) and Kishanganj assembly constituencies. The next day, he will campaign in Bihariganj (Madhepura) and Araria assembly constituencies. If all rallies are put together, Rahul will be touching only eight constituencies in the state. His sister and Congress’s east Uttar Pradesh incharge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has so far not addressed any rally in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is 70, has already addressed 10 rallies in the state. He is scheduled to address two more rallies for the third phase of polling in the state on Tuesday. Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Prasad Yadav addresses 12 to 19 rallies per day in the state.
“We are not into any competition with PM Modi. Over the next two days, Rahulji will hold four more rallies in the state. It’s not number of rallies, but the message that a political party delivers will work at the end of the day. Everyone knows what the PM has been doing,” Congress national spokesperson Pawan Khera said, adding many central working committee members of Congress are campaigning in the state.
Congress MLC and party’s media coordination committee convener Prem Chandra Mishra said Mahagathbandhan’s CM face Tejashwi, who leads the alliance, is campaigning for candidates across the state.
Meanwhile, Congress national spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on Monday targeted the state government over unemployment and migration. “Every second youth in Bihar is unemployed. The condition is such that for 166 vacancies for group ‘D’ employees in secretariat, there are five lakh applicants,” she said.