Rajkot: It will be a clash of titans in the battlefield of Gujarat, as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s campaign for Congress will be clashing with PM Modi Gandhi will hold his maiden rally in poll-bound Gujarat on Monday.
Rahul Gandhi who is leading Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra, will address rallies in poll-bound Gujarat for the first time since elections were announced.
Rahul Gandhi has been absent from Gujarat and he has not campaigned in the state so far in this election.
The former Congress president, who had refrained from campaigning in Himachal Pradesh, will be addressing two public rallies in Rajkot and Surat for the first time.
He will address the first rally at 1 pm in Panch Kakada, near Anaval Village, Mahuwa town in Surat district and the other rally at 3 pm at Shastri Maidan in Rajkot on Monday.
Meanwhile, PM Modi is addressing three rallies on Monday in Surendranagar, Jabusar and Navsari.
Notably, Rahul Gandhi was last seen in Gujarat on September 5, where he addressed the party workers in Ahmedabad, two days before moving on to lead the Yatra which began from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and will enter Madhya Pradesh as it wrapped up the Maharashtra leg on Monday.
The Elections for the 182-member State Assembly will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes will be taken up on December 8.
In Gujarat, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been in power for over 27 years and is seeking its seventh term in office.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been Gujarat’s longest-serving chief minister from 2001 till 2014.