Mumbai: Under attack from the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena for not turning up yet for the Congress’s Maharashtra Assembly poll campaign, Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit the state between October 13 and 15, sources in his party said Wednesday. However, the details of Rahul Gandhi’s visit were yet to be finalized.
“These are all tentative details. He is likely to visit Mumbai October 13. He is expected to go to other regions of the state over the next two days. The details are yet to be worked out,” the sources said.
Earlier in the day, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis hit out at the opposition, particularly the Congress. He told a gathering that they have accepted defeat ahead of the Assembly polls as seen by Rahul Gandhi’s absence from the poll campaign.
“They are already in defeatist frame of mind. I read in newspapers that Rahul Gandhi is in Bangkok,” Fadnavis said at a rally at Ner in Dhule district of north Maharashtra.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray also took a dig at the Congress saying that the state leaders should accept the defeat as Rahul Gandhi is going abroad instead of campaigning for the party in Maharashtra.
Addressing a rally Wednesday in Ahmednagar district, Thackeray said, ‘Congress leaders in Maharashtra should accept the defeat and go home instead of contesting the Assembly elections. Their leader (Rahul Gandhi) has gone to Bangkok.”
Thackeray added “The recently-released manifesto of Congress-NCP promises to give 80 per cent reservation for the sons-of-the-soil in all sectors, but it was the Shiv Sena which had first raised this demand.
PTI