TDD News Desk
Jammu, Sep 21 (TDD): Senior Congress leader and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on September 23 to address two election rallies in support of Congress candidates for the upcoming assembly election.
A Congress leader told TDD that Gandhi will address a rally in Surankote area of Poonch, followed by a rally in central Shalteng constituency of Srinagar.
“In Surankote he will seek votes for Congress-NC alliance candidate Shahnawaz Choudhary. In Srinagar, he will seek support for JKPCC president Tariq Hameed Karra,” said a Congress leader.
So far Gandhi has addressed three rallies in Jammu and Kashmir which include a rally in support of former PCC president Vikar Rasool Wani at Sangaldan and two rallies in support of AICC general secretary Ghulam Ahmed Mir in Dooru constituency of south Kashmir.
The last date for campaigning for second phase of Assembly election is September 23, in which Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu region and Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal districts of Kashmir region will vote. The first phase of polls held on September 18 saw a historic turnout of 61 percent with election officials expecting much higher turnout in the second and third phases—(TDD)
