By IANS,
Lucknow : After a lull, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is all set to launch the second phase of his “Mission 2012”, aimed at revival of the party in Uttar Pradesh.
The charismatic Gandhi scion who undertook padyatras and addressed rallies during April and May, would restart the exercise from Oct 2.
While the last rally was addressed by Rahul Gandhi in Ambedkar Nagar town in eastern Uttar Pradesh, the new destination would be somewhere in the western part of the state.
Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi told IANS: “We have yet to finalise the place where he would undertake a padyatra or address a rally, we have been told it would be a prominent place in the western part of the state.”
“The reason for selecting western Uttar Pradesh was that in this area Congress had done well in the past but failed to even retain some of its own seats in the last Lok Sabha election,” she said.
“This is part of the party’s campaign undertaken as part of the 125th anniversary celebrations of the party,” remarked a senior Congressman.
The first round of padyatras and rallies commenced April 14, the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and concluded May 12.
The second round would begin Oct 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, and conclude Nov 12 at Allahabad.
While Rahul Gandhi would kickstart the padyatra, his mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi would join the last leg in Allahabad.