Deoria, Uttar Pradesh: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is likely to spend 30 consecutive days in Uttar Pradesh to connect with grassroots workers and voters in the state that is due to choose its next government in six months.
Party sources said that Mr Gandhi's UP tour will begin within the next 10 days in Deoria in the south-east part of the state.
They estimate Mr Gandhi's "Deoria se Dilli tak (from Deoria to Delhi)" tour will bring him in contact with two crore people and will cover 40 of the state's 75 districts, but admitted that further details remain unresolved.
The Congress last governed Uttar Pradesh nearly three decades ago. It has declared Sheila Dikshit, 78, as its presumptive chief minister. Mr Gandhi's mother, Sonia, was forced last month to cut short her roadshow through Varanasi, the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after she fell sick while campaigning.
In the national election two years ago, the Gandhis were the only Congress MPs to be re-elected from Uttar Pradesh.
Party sources said that Mr Gandhi's UP tour will begin within the next 10 days in Deoria in the south-east part of the state.
They estimate Mr Gandhi's "Deoria se Dilli tak (from Deoria to Delhi)" tour will bring him in contact with two crore people and will cover 40 of the state's 75 districts, but admitted that further details remain unresolved.
The Congress last governed Uttar Pradesh nearly three decades ago. It has declared Sheila Dikshit, 78, as its presumptive chief minister. Mr Gandhi's mother, Sonia, was forced last month to cut short her roadshow through Varanasi, the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after she fell sick while campaigning.
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In the national election two years ago, the Gandhis were the only Congress MPs to be re-elected from Uttar Pradesh.
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