Sonia, Rahul, PM to campaign for K'taka polls

April 20, 2013 17:20

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would undertake a whirlwind tour across the state from April 23 for the May five Karnataka Assembly polls.

Sonia would start her campaign on Apr 25, instead of Apr 26, as announced earlier, at Chikamagalur, from where former Prime Minister and her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi won a by-poll in 1978, that resurrected her politically to come back to power ending the erstwhile Janata Party rule.

She would also campaign in Mangalore the same day, KPCC Campaign Committee Chairman Veeranna Mattikatti today told reporters here.

Sonia would tour Gulbarga and Belgaum on April 30 and Mysore and Bangalore on May 2, Mattikatti said. Rahul Gandhi would address public meetings in Raichur and Bijapur districts on Apr 23.

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