Mr. Gandhi will be in a poll-bound state for a day&
New Delhi: On April 9, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a rally in Kolar in Karnataka in an issue of the Congress seeking to make a political issue of his disqualification from Lok Sabha.
Mr. Gandhi will be in Karnataka on a day PM Narendra Modi is also visiting the state.
Suat Court was disqualified in a criminal defamation case over his remarks 'Modi surname' made in Kolar in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
"Sh. @RahulGandhi will be in Kolar on 9th April and address the Jai Bharat Mega Rally. He will visit Wayanad on 11th April.
He is the voice of the local people; you can never shut their mouths. This voice will only get louder and stronger," Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said in a tweet.
Mr. Gandhi was elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 from Wayanad in Kerala. The party informed that it will challenge the Surat court verdict in a higher court.
Campaigning is gathering pace in Karnataka ahead of the assembly polls due on May 10.
On Friday, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said that the BJP will get a majority win in the upcoming elections.
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