Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi will start his campaign in the Bihar Assembly elections on October 29. He will address two joint public meetings in support of the Grand Alliance supported candidates in Sakra assembly constituency of Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga.
In these meetings, Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly and Grand Alliance’s Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav will also be present with him. Rajesh Rathore, head of the media department of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee, said on Monday that this is Rahul Gandhi’s first visit to Bihar in view of the assembly elections.
According to him, Rahul Gandhi will address his first rally in favor of Umesh Ram, the candidate fielded by the Grand Alliance from the Sakra (reserved) seat. After this, Rahul Gandhi will appeal for support from the public in the meeting organized for the candidate of Grand Alliance including RJD in Darbhanga.
Rathod said that before this, Rahul Gandhi had traveled 1300 kilometers continuously for 16 days in different areas of Bihar. After the visit, this will be their first major joint public meeting in the election field, where they will strongly raise the election strategy and issues of the Grand Alliance among the public. It is noteworthy that the elections for 243-member Bihar Assembly will be held in two phases on 6th and 11th November and counting of votes will be done on 14th November.