Chief of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi will go to Jammu and Kashmir on September 23 to handle election rallies in help of Congress and alliance candidates for the upcoming meeting elections.
Rahul is scheduled to reach within the Surankote space of Poonch round 11 a.m. and can handle a public rally in help of Congress candidate Shahnawaz Choudhary, who’s the All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary and co-in-charge of Odisha. He’s the joint candidate of the Congress and Nationwide Convention.
With the BJP-led NDA authorities on the heart granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing to the Pahari folks, enabling them to contest ST-reserved seats, the Surankote Meeting constituency is witnessing a serious contest between the Congress’s Gujjar candidate and the BJP’s Pahari candidate.
Gandhi will fly from Surankote to Srinagar, the place he’ll handle one other rally within the Shalteng space, in search of votes for JKPCI president Tariq Hamid Qarra. Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, who’re Congress alliance companions in Jammu and Kashmir, have additionally been invited to the rally. Rahul is anticipated to achieve the venue round 1:30 p.m.
Earlier, Rahul addressed two rallies in Jammu and Kashmir, one within the Sangaldan space of Banihal and one other within the Dooru space of South Kashmir, for the primary section of elections.
With the meeting elections being held in Jammu and Kashmir after a niche of 10 years, each BJP and Congress leaders have been actively campaigning within the Union Territory. The Prime Minister himself has visited twice, addressing three rallies.
Tomorrow marks the ultimate day of campaigning for the second section of the meeting elections, by which voters in two districts of Jammu—Rajouri and Poonch—and three districts of Kashmir—Srinagar, Budgam, and Ganderbal—will head to the polls.
