reported by, Rohini Swami
Last Update: March 20, 2023, 10:21 AM IST
This will be Rahul Gandhi’s first election rally after his return from the United Kingdom. (PTI)
Senior Congress leaders confirmed that Rahul Gandhi would be visiting the southern state almost every week and Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi would be addressing rallies across Karnataka both individually and jointly.
Congress leader promises to focus on elections in Karnataka soon after completion of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ Rahul Gandhi He will reach Karnataka on Monday to start his tour amid high-voltage election campaign by BJP and JDS.
Gandhi will begin the first leg of the election tour with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, where he will participate in ‘Yuvakranti Samavsh’ in Belagavi and unveil the fourth poll promise of the Congress that will cater to the youth of the state.
In January this year, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced the Griha Lakshmi scheme, promising Rs 2,000 per month to all women-headed households if voted to power in Karnataka. The announcement was made at a women’s convention titled Na Nayaki (I am a woman leader) in Bengaluru.
Apart from this monthly monetary assistance scheme, Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah announced two other promises – to provide 200 units of free electricity and 10 kg of rice monthly to all households in the state under the Griha Jyoti scheme. For all BPL families under Anna Bhagya Yojana. The scheme was one of the first announcements made by the then Congress Chief Minister Siddaramaiah soon after assuming office in 2013.
Sources say that the Karnataka Congress will announce a total of five poll promises for the state, which it wants to fulfill if voted to power.
This will be Rahul Gandhi’s first election rally after his return from the United Kingdom. According to the itinerary shared by the party, Kharge and Gandhi will arrive at Belagavi airport via a special flight at 12.50 pm and proceed to the CPED ground in the north Karnataka city to address the Yuva Dhvani (Youth’s Voice) rally. Gandhi is expected to be in Karnataka only for a day and will return to New Delhi at 3.45 pm after the public meeting.
Senior Congress leaders confirmed that he would visit the poll-bound southern state almost every week and that Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi would both individually and jointly address rallies across Karnataka.
The final list of Congress candidates which is being prepared by the state Election It is learned that the committee will also be discussed with Gandhi. The party’s state leadership invited applications from candidates in November last year and saw over 2,500 applicants vying for tickets from the Grand Old Party.
At a time when the ruling BJP has joined forces with the Prime Minister on electioneering Narendra Modi Karnataka is feeling the heat even before the formal announcement of elections, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and senior Union ministers and BJP leaders apart from making more than six visits in less than three months.
The Congress hopes that Rahul Gandhi will help inspire more voters to support the party, apart from the impact made through the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and Praja Dhvani Yatras taken out by three senior leaders – Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah and BK Hariprasad. do. The party also launched a door-to-door campaign by Congress workers, who distributed “guarantee cards”, assuring that election promises would be fulfilled if voted to power.
Apart from these, the 40 per cent commission and PayCM campaign launched to attack the BJP has been successful for the party.
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