Rahul Gandhi likely to visit Maharashtra next week ahead of polls

Ahead of Maharashtra Assembly elections, the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena attacked Rahul Gandhi for not turning up at Maharashtra for poll campaigning. Owing to this, Rahul Gandhi may possibly visit the poll-bound state, Maharashtra in between October 13 and 15, reports PTI. The details of the visit are, however, yet to be finalised. The PTI sources also report that "these are all tentative details. He is likely to visit Mumbai on October 13. He is expected to fan other regions of the State over the next two days. The details are yet to be worked out". 

CM Fadnavis hits out at Opposition 

The current Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, had earlier targeted the opposition. He had said that they have accepted defeat ahead of the Assembly polls as seen by Gandhi's absence from the poll campaign. He added, “They are already in defeatist frame of mind. I read in newspapers that Rahul Gandhi is in Bangkok”. 

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Uddhav Thackeray takes a dig at Congress 

The Shiv Sena chief and minority partner of BJP in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, Uddhav Thackeray, also took a dig at the Congress party. Thackeray at a rally in Ahmednagar district on Wednesday, said, “Congress leaders in Maharashtra should accept the defeat and go home instead of contesting the assembly elections. Their leader (Rahul Gandhi) has gone to Bangkok". “The recently released manifesto of Congress-NCP promises to give 80% reservation for the sons-of-the-soil in all sectors, but it was the Sena which had first raised this demand,” he added.  

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This rally was held in Sangamner area of Ahmednagar, this is the place from where Congress's state unit chief and seven-time MLA Balasaheb Thorat is contesting the election. Uddhav Thackeray also targeted NCP and said, “Leaders like Sharad Pawar have now become jobless because of our growing power. They must have realised what it means to be jobless”. Thackeray was campaigning for his party's candidate Sahebrao Navale in this area. 

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(With PTI Inputs)