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In a statement, she had said that she would come back and visit Kashi Vishwanath temple. "Due to sudden illness during the roadshow, she could not go to offer prayer at Kashi Vishwanath temple in August last. VARANASI: When the parley is on for a pre-poll alliance between Samajwadi Party and Congress in UP assembly elections, AICC president Sonia Gandhi is likely to visit Varanasi in the first week of February to offer prayer and take blessings of Lord Shiva at Kashi Vishwanath temple. She got a rousing welcome from party workers in the city. The excitement of local party workers is high for the proposed visit of Sonia, who had to cut short her roadshow in the city due to illness in August last year..