Rahul Gandhi Will Hold ‘Jai Bharat’ Rally in Karnataka’s Kolar Before Elections

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 1st April. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a rally in Kolar, Karnataka, on April 9, indicating that the Congress intends to make his disqualification from the Lok Sabha a political issue, with the Congress leader also scheduled to visit Wayanad on April 11.

Rahul Gandhi will visit poll-bound Karnataka on the same day Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the state.

Rahul Gandhi was disqualified after being convicted in a criminal defamation case in Surat for remarks about the ‘Modi surname’ he 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 there. On 11th April, he will visit Wayanad. He is the voice of the people, you can never silence him. This voice will only get louder and stronger,” Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said in a tweet.

Rahul Gandhi was elected to the Lok Sabha from Wayand in Kerala in 2019. The party has stated that it will appeal the Surat court’s decision to a higher court.

Campaigning is heating up in Karnataka ahead of the assembly elections on May 10.

Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister of Karnataka, stated on Friday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win a clear majority in the upcoming Assembly elections.

Today, the chief minister addressed the media at the Ghati temple in the Doddaballapur taluk of Bengaluru Rural district.

He stated that the BJP is in the process of selecting its candidates for the election and that they will be announced soon.

Referring to Congress leader Siddaramaiah, the Chief Minister said they “rejected him in 2018 and will reject him this time too. We will definitely give strong competition in Varuna,” he said.

“People are of the opinion that Vijayendra should contest. Yediyurappa will finally take a decision,” he added.

Meanwhile, BJP leader and former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has ruled out his son BY Vijayendra running in the Varuna constituency, saying he will only run in Shikaripura.

“There is no question of BY Vijayendra going to contest from Varuna. I will tell the high command that Vijayendra will contest from my seat Shikaripura,” Yediyurappa told the media.

BS Yediyurappa is MLA from Shikaripura.

On Thursday, the former Chief Minister predicted that the BJP would win an absolute majority in the Karnataka assembly elections. He also called Congress “corrupt” for making false allegations.

“Under PM Modi’s leadership, we’ll come back to power. Congress is corrupt and that’s why they’re making false allegations such as 40 pc commission, these things will be kept away by voters,” he had said.

Prime Minister Modi is slated to visit Karnataka on April 9 to inaugurate an event on the completion of 50 years of the Tiger Project.

During the visit, the PM is also expected to go on a safari tour in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, sources said.

They said PM Modi will inaugurate a three-day mega event in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts on the completion of 50 years of the Tiger Project.

He is likely to hold a meeting with BJP workers and officials, the sources said.