SRINAGAR: Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, will visit Jammu and Kashmir on September 23 to address election rallies in support of Congress candidates for the upcoming assembly elections.
Congress sources told Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Gandhi will address a rally in the Surankote area of Poonch, followed by a rally in the 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, including one in support of former PCC president Vikar Rasool Wani at Sangaldan and two in support of AICC general secretary Ghulam Ahmed Mir in the Dooru constituency of South Kashmir.
The last date for campaigning for the second phase of the Assembly election is September 23, in which Rajouri and Poonch districts of the Jammu region, and Srinagar, Budgam, and Ganderbal districts of the Kashmir region will vote. —(KNO)