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Rahul, Modi to address rallies in Gujarat as campaigning heats up

PTI11_26_2017_000182B Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at an election campaign rally at Muvada Chokad in Dahod Gujarat on Saturday | PTI

Gujarat will see more of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in the coming days.

The Gandhi scion, who is all set to be elevated as the party president, will visit the poll-bound state for two days beginning Wednesday.

This will be Gandhi's sixth visit to the state in the last couple of months.

On Wednesday, he will arrive at the Diu air strip and from there he will head to Somnath temple to have darshan. 

He is slated to have a corner meeting in the afternoon at Visavadar, the place from where former BJP chief Keshubhai Patel hails from. He will also have a corner meeting at Savarkundla of Amreli district.

After addressing a public meeting, he will have a night halt at Amreli.

The second day's programme has not been approved as yet. However, if Gujarat Congress sources are to be believed, Gandhi, apart from having corner meetings, will address a public meeting in Bhavnagar from where state BJP president Jitubhai Vaghani is contesting.

This is for the second time that Gandhi is covering Saurashtra region. The party expects that it can improve its tally in the region comparing to 2012 elections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, is in Saurashtra region on Wednesday. He is slated to address public meetings in Morbi, Prachi, Palitana and late in the afternoon in Navsari, South Gujarat.

Meanwhile, Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti leader Hardik Patel will have a road show in Morbi almost at the same time when Modi will be addressing a public meeting. In the evening, Patel will address a public meeting in Rajkot from where chief minister Vijay Rupani is contesting.

Patel has claimed that there would be a huge turnout at his meeting.

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