Rahul Gandhi will start campaigning in Bengal after the Bihar elections

Kolkata, October 18 (IANS). The Congress on Saturday said that Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi may start his election campaign in West Bengal in late November or early December. According to party sources, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhary may be given a big responsibility during the elections to be held next year. The Bihar Assembly election results will be announced on November 14. According to the Congress, after the Bihar elections, Rahul Gandhi may visit West Bengal for election campaign. All India Congress Committee (AICC) observer for West Bengal Ghulam Ahmed Mir on Saturday spoke about Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Bengal for the election campaign. Mir said, “We are a national party, and the central leadership of the Congress will come to Bengal for the election campaign. Rahul Gandhi has more contact with Bengal and its people. The central leadership of our party will come to Bengal only after the Bihar elections are over.” He said, “For the last six months we have been preparing the political ground in West Bengal. We are forming teams up to the booth level. Then Rahul Gandhi will come and convey his message to the people of Bengal through our party workers. He will address the people of West Bengal on important issues. After six months, when the elections are held, the people of West Bengal will take a decision.” Asked about Rahul Gandhi’s visit to West Bengal, Mir said, “We are trying to ensure that Rahul Gandhi comes to West Bengal before the New Year, but it depends on the State Congress Committee. First, the district, block and booth committees of the party need to be strengthened so that the message of the party’s central leadership reaches every corner of the state. By then, this process will be complete. Bihar elections will also be over. Then Rahul Gandhi will definitely visit West Bengal. concentrate on Will.” –IANS MS/SCH Share this story Tags