Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi to attend separate public events in poll-bound state Chhattisgarh tomorrow

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address separate public gatherings in the poll-bound state Chhattisgarh on Saturday.

It will be the first time when two key leaders from BJP and Congress would hold public meetings ahead of the assembly elections in the state on the same day.

Amit Shah will attend events in Raipur and Saraipali of Mahasamund district. Rahul Gandhi will address a programme of Rajiv Yuva Mitan Club in Nava Raipur – the upcoming new capital city of Chhattisgarh.

Amit Shah will hold a meeting with BJP leaders at Kushabhau Thakre Parisar, the party’s state headquarters in Raipur after his arrival.

Shah would release an ‘Aarop Patra’ (charge sheet) against the Bhupesh



Baghel-led Congress government at Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Auditorium in Raipur, the party functionary said.

He will then leave for Khairmal village in Saraipali area to attend an ‘abhinandan’ programme organised by tribal groups.

Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi will address the state-level convention of Rajiv Yuva Mitan Club—constituted under the state’s sports and youth welfare department, at ‘Rajyotsav Mela Sthal’ at 2 pm on Saturday, an official said.

He was in Mumbai on Friday to take part in a meeting of the opposition INDIA alliance.

It will be Gandhi’s first visit to the poll-bound state after the Congress held its plenary session in Raipur in February this year. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will be present during the function.