Rahul to launch Congress campaign for Gujarat polls on Sep 5; party's 1st candidate list before Sep 15

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will launch his partys campaign for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections during his visit to the BJPruled state on September 5 it was announced on WednesdayMaking the announcement here Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said the opposition party has started the process of candidate selection and will release its first list of nominees for the yearend polls before September 15The Assembly poll campaign will be launched by Gandhi on September 5 He will come here Ahmedabad and have a massive launching programme on election preparations the Rajya Sabha member told reportersVenugopal said the Congress on Wednesday launched a 90day election programme in Gujarat where the party is out of power for nearly three decadesGandhi will visit pollbound Gujarat two days ahead of the launch of the partys Bharat Jodo Yatra on September 7 under his leadershipAlso Read Milind Soman meets PM Modi gifts him Balakrishna idolThe mass outreach programme will see Congress leaders and workers covering 12 states and two Union Territories The padayatra foot march will be about 3500km long and will be completed in about 150 daysGandhis September 5 visit will be for the Gujarat poll campaign launch During his visit he will also seek the blessings of the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel before the launch of Bharat Jodo Yatra Venugopal saidVenugopal was here to take part in a meeting on the Congresss poll preparations with state leaders in the presence of senior election observer Ashok Gehlot and Gujarat incharge and Rajasthan MLA Raghu SharmaGandhi a former Congress president last visited Gujarat on May 10 and addressed a tribal rally in Dahod After the Adivasi Satyagrah Rally he had met party MLAs and interacted with tribal leadersThe Wayanad Lok Sabha MPs subsequent visit to Gujarat was cancelled due to the Enforcement Directorate ED summons to him and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaperThe Aam Aadmi Party AAP has stepped up its election campaigning in Gujarat with its national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal holding several meetings and interactions with people in different parts of the state and offering what he calls guarantees prepoll promises when his party forms a governmentThe AAP has already released two lists of its candidates consisting of 19 names for elections to the 182member state AssemblyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever