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Rahul to hit campaign trail in Maha with rally in Dharavi
    Mumbai, Oct 10 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will
campaign in the city on Sunday for the Maharashtra Assembly
elections.
    It will be his first campaign event in the state ahead
of the October 21 elections.
    Mumbai Congress chief Eknath Gaikwad said Gandhi will
address a rally at Dharavi here on Sunday evening.
    Gaikwad's daughter and Congress secretary Varsha
Gaikwad is seeking re-election for a fourth term from Dharavi.
    During Rahul Gandhi's tenure as party chief, Varsha
Gaikwad was AICC secretary for Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
assembly polls.
    Congress is contesting 31 seats in Mumbai, leaving
five for the ally NCP. In 2014, Congress had won only five
seats in the metropolis.
    State congress sources said Gandhi will also address a
rally in Latur where former chief minister late Vilasrao
Deshmukh's sons Amit and Dheeraj are contesting from Latur
City and Latur Rural seats, respectively.
    A rally in Vidarbha is also being planned early in
the day on Sunday, sources said.
    Gandhi will return to the state for another round of
campaigning on October 15, they said. PTI MR
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