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BELLARY, SEPT 1: Sonia Gandhi will arrive in Bellary on Thursday evening, K Basavana Gouda, in-charge of the publicity and campaign, said giving details here today and added that the Congress chief will start her campaign by road on Friday.
Goud said her first stop will be Kudathini where she will address a rally at the local school grounds. This is part of Kurugodu Assembly segment. Then she will address a rally in Torangallu (Sandur Assembly segment). From there she will go to Hospet. She will then travel to Mariyammanahalli and Hagaribommanahalli (both under Kudligi Assembly segment), Ittagi (Hadagalli Assembly segment).
Her last public meeting for the day will be at Harapanahalli and from there she will go to Harihar.
During her tour, she will travel by a bus accompanied by Priyanka Gandhi. She will be covering Bellary, Kurugodu, Sandur, Hospet (Under Koppal Lok Sabha constituency), Kudligi, Hadagalli nd Harapanahalli Assembly segments en route.
The Congress tonight announced a change in thecampaign schedule of party president Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Wadhera and said she would not be campaigning alone in this constituency, where Gandhi faces senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, tomorrow.
Senior Congress leader H K Patil told reporters here that “Priyanka’s programme has been postponed”.
As per the revised programme, Priyanka would now come to the town along with Gandhi at around 4:30 pm.
Both Gandhi and Priyanka were likely to go around and canvass votes.On Wednesday, Gandhi would begin her campaign with a meeting at Kuduthani, Patil said.
Asked if Priyanka would also campaign with Gandhi, he said, “May be”. Earlier in the day, AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad said Gandhi and Priyanka would finally hit the road in the constituency tomorrow, with the daughter kicking off her campaign to garner voters for her mother in the morning.
