Rahul to tour Guj ahead of elections

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who gave Himachal Pradesh election campaign a miss, is set to undertake a brief publicity drive, starting from November 21, for the Gujarat assembly elections, people familiar with the matter said.

Gandhi’s poll campaign in Gujarat will be a short one, said a Congress leader. “We are expecting him to come for just two days,” the leader said, requesting anonymity.

BK Hariprasad, one of the party’s five zonal observers for the upcoming assembly elections, however, said: “Rahul ji is our important campaigner. He will definitely campaign for both phases of the elections. In the first phase, he will campaign in South Gujarat and Saurashtra.”

“In the second phase of the elections, Rahul ji will cover North and Central Gujarat,” said Hariprasad.