Rahul Gandhi to tour poll-bound Karnataka

Congress MP and AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will be touring Karnataka for five days from March 25 as part of hi Discover India programme.

Announcing the schedule of Rahul Gandhi’s tour of the State, Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee President C Krishna Byre Gowda said Rahul Gandhi would arrive in Bangalore on March 25 and immediately leave by helicopter for the border district of Chamarajanagar.

After completing his engagements in Chamarajanagar, which include interactions with the general public as well as the Youth Congress workers, Rahul Gandhi will proceed to H D Kote in adjoining Mysore district. Later, he will fly in a chopper to Raichur in North Karnataka.

He is also scheduled to visit Bagalkot, twin cities of Hubli-Dharwad and Mangalore during his five-day visit.

Rahul Gandhi’s tour of Karnataka assumes significance as the young Congress leader was not only visiting the State for the first time after donning the mantle of AICC General Secretary, but also at a time when the state is bracing for keen electoral battle with the BJP in the forthcoming Assembly polls scheduled to be held in May.

Rahul Gandhi’s itinerary was finalized by senior Congress leader Jagadish Tytler, Congress MP Sachin Pilot and Krishna Byre Gowda in Bangalore.
Briefing reporters, Krishna Byre Gowda said the tentative schedule had to be slightly modified in view of the RSS meeting, which is scheduled to be held in the twin cities of Hubli- Dharwad around the same time as Rahul Gandhi’s visit. Instead of starting his tour with Hubli-Dharwad, Rahul Gandhi will start with Chamarajanagar and later visit Hubli-Dharwad, he said.