Rahul Gandhi-Akhilesh Yadav roadshow gets postponed again

  • | Saturday | 25th February, 2017

According to the media coordinator of alliance and SP leader Shatrudra Prakash, SP MP Dharmedra Yadav and Congress general secretary Mukul Vasnik arrived here on Friday. VARANASI: In the second such instance, the proposed joint road show of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav , which was earlier scheduled to be held in city on February 27 was postponed again. The roadshow was initially scheduled for February 11 but was later shifted to February 27.Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Satish Rai on Friday said, "The revised programme of road show is likely to be finalised by Sunday." Rai did not cite any specific reason for the postponement.Meanwhile, political leaders have started arriving in Varanasi to campaign for the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance, ahead of the state assembly polls. While Yadav will hold a road show in the city, Vasnik will take part in meetings in neighbouring districts on Saturday.Party insiders said other leaders scheduled to campaign in the city include former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, former Union ministers Anand Sharma and Kapil Sibbal, and Congress spokespersons Randeep Singh Surjewala and Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

VARANASI: In the second such instance, the proposed joint road show of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav , which was earlier scheduled to be held in city on February 27 was postponed again. The roadshow was initially scheduled for February 11 but was later shifted to February 27.Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Satish Rai on Friday said, "The revised programme of road show is likely to be finalised by Sunday." Rai did not cite any specific reason for the postponement.Meanwhile, political leaders have started arriving in Varanasi to campaign for the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance, ahead of the state assembly polls. According to the media coordinator of alliance and SP leader Shatrudra Prakash, SP MP Dharmedra Yadav and Congress general secretary Mukul Vasnik arrived here on Friday. While Yadav will hold a road show in the city, Vasnik will take part in meetings in neighbouring districts on Saturday.Party insiders said other leaders scheduled to campaign in the city include former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, former Union ministers Anand Sharma and Kapil Sibbal, and Congress spokespersons Randeep Singh Surjewala and Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

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