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Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday began the sixth leg of campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka by offering prayers at the revered Kurudumale Ganapathi Temple in Kolar.
In a tweet the Congress party said: “Congress President Rahul Gandhi paid his respects at the Kurudumale Ganapathi Temple in Kolar.”
Congress President Rahul Gandhi paid his respects at the Kurudumale Ganapathi Temple in Kolar. #JanaAashirwadaYatre pic.twitter.com/pl4JWn1gRo
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— Congress (@INCIndia) April 7, 2018
In the sixth phase of the two-day ‘Jana Aashirwada Yatre’, the Gandhi scion will campaign in Kolar, Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru ahead of the May 12 assembly polls in Karnataka.
“Congress President @RahulGandhi‘s #JanaAashirwadaYatre resumes today. In it’s sixth phase he will begin by visiting the Kurudumale Ganapathy Temple and campaign in Kolar and Chikkaballapur,” the party tweeted.
Congress President @RahulGandhi's #JanaAashirwadaYatre resumes today. In it's sixth phase he will begin by visiting the Kurudumale Ganapathy Temple and campaign in Kolar and Chikkaballapur. pic.twitter.com/3OU7kduqq8
— Congress (@INCIndia) April 7, 2018
On April 8, Gandhi is scheduled to take part in an interaction with Safai Karmacharis and industrialists in Bengaluru, following which he will address a public meeting here to mark the conclusion of ‘Janashirvada Yatra’.
The Congress President had earlier toured in northern and coastal districts, also in old Mysuru and central Karnataka districts.
Visits to temples, mutts, church and dargha were part of Gandhi’s successive trips to the poll bound state.
Though the party has not announced any Chief Ministerial candidate, it has projected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as its face.
Pradesh Congress president G Parameshwara had recently said that the party would announce its candidates for all the 224 assembly seats in the state in a “single phase” by April 15.
(With inputs from agencies)
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