PATNA: Former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar , who is likely to contest the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Begusarai constituency as the nominee of grand alliance, will do the mass mobilisation work for CPI for its state-level rally to be held here on October 25.“Kanhaiya will campaign for the rally from October 2 to 20,” state CPI secretary Satya Narayan Singh said, adding even Independent MLA from Gujarat Jignesh Mewani would also address meetings in the state.Singh said the party has also decided to invite “popular leaders” of other like-minded parties to address the rally. They include Congress president Rahul Gandhi, former Union minister Sharad Yadav, leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and CPI (M) general secretaries Sitaram Yechury and Dipankar Bhattacharya.Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a meeting of the CPI state council, party’s national secretary and incharge for Bihar affairs K Naraina said the central executive of the party had not yet decided on Kanhaiya’s candidature for the 2019 parliamentary election. He, however, presented the popular anger building up against the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre.Singh said the October 25 rally, christened ‘Bhajapa bhagao desh bachao’, is likely to be attended by around 2 lakh persons. “The rally will herald the formation of the Left and democratic combine in the state to take on the BJP and PM Narendra Modi ,” he added.The CPI (ML) will also hold its rally at Patna on September 27 on the same theme.The CPI will flag off 10 ‘jan jagaran jatthas’ of jeeps on September 23 ahead of the October 25 rally. The jatthas will cover all the districts by October 2 after which the mass mobilisation work by Kanhaiya will follow with public meetings at Motihari on October 2 and at Goalpara ( Madhepura ) on October 10.

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