Rahul Gandhi to visit Modi’s home district

AHMEDABAD: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will on Wednesday visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home district Mehsana in Gujarat to address a public meeting. Mehsana was the epicentre of the Patel agitation of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti of Hardik Patel. “Rahul Gandhi will address a massive public rally in Mehsana on Wednesday,” Gujarat Congress President Bharatsinh Solanki said. Assembly elections will take place in Gujarat next year. BJP WARNS RAHUL Stung by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s observation on the RBI’s frequent changing of rules since after the demonetisation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday warned him against making any “personalised comments”. “This is my request as well as a warning to Rahul Gandhi that he should desist from making any personalised comments against Prime Minister Narnedra Modi,” Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman Sidharth Nath Singh said here. “This will only open a Pandora’s Box which wouldn’t be good (for them),” he added. Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday tweeted that the RBI was changing rules as frequently as Prime Minister Modi changes his clothes. “RBI is changing rules like the PM changes his clothes,” Gandhi said on his official Twitter handle.

Gandhi’s observation came after the RBI on Monday announced that deposits of demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in excess of Rs 5,000 will now be allowed only once till December 30 — that too after strict scrutiny. — IANS