Rahul Gandhi arrives in Karnataka, holds key party meeting
India Today
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday arrived in Karnataka on a two-day visit. In the evening, he attended the party's Karnataka unit's political affairs committee meeting.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday arrived in Karnataka on a two-day visit. In the evening, he attended the party's Karnataka unit's political affairs committee meeting.
This 35-member committee met for the first time after it was constituted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi. According to sources, discussion about preparations for upcoming assembly elections were to be held at length in this meeting between Rahul Gandhi and top Karnataka Congress leaders.
A senior Karnataka Congress leader said, "Rahul Gandhiji will be addressing the issue of groupism in the Karnataka Congress. The camps of two top state leaders - Siddaramaiah and DK Shivkumar- may hurt the party's prospects in upcoming polls. Though after meeting Gandhi scion in Delhi, both Siddharamaiah and DK Shivkumar have maintained that there are no differences between them and the party will fight the election in a united manner."
Gandhi scion will also take part in the 75th birthday bash of former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah in Davanagere on Wednesday.
According to official sources, Rahul Gandhi is on a two-day tour of Karnataka wherein he is scheduled to visit Sri Muruga Rajendra Mutt, Chitradurga on Wednesday morning. Murugarajendra Mutt is a prominent religious place of the Lingayat community.
This visit will be followed by a public meeting at Shamanur, Davanagere which former Congress president will address along with all the top brass of the Karnataka Congress. The event at Davanagere is being shown as a show of strength by Siddaramaiah's camp.
Meanwhile, Congress has already decided to fight assembly elections without getting into alliance-in "solo mode" and has kept a target to win 150 seats.
