Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will launch a five-day mass contact programme in Uttar Pradesh from November 22.
In this phase, he will cover districts in central and eastern Uttar Pradesh beginning from Barabanki on Tuesday. The campaign will culminate in a rally in Kushinagar on November 26.
According to media campaign committee chairman Raj Babbar, during his five-day programme, Mr Gandhi will interact with the people in Barabanki, Shravasti, Bahraich, Balrampur, Siddhartha Nagar, Maharajganj and Kushinagar and hold chaupals in the rural interiors. Mr Gandhi will also meet party workers in these districts.
The mass contact programme comes immediately after Mr Gandhi launched the Congress campaign in Uttar Pradesh on November 14 from Phulpur in Allahabad.
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Copter carrying gehlot makes forced landing
age correspondent
Jaipur, Nov. 20
The state helicopter carrying chief minister Ashok Gehlot made an emergency landing on Sunday near Chandgothi village under Churu district due to a technical snag. The helicopter was flying from state capital Jaipur when it developed a technical snag and the pilot made an emergency landing. “It was a safe landing and all is well,” said a senior officer.
According to sources, the helicopter was carrying CM Gehlot for a function at a village Nyangla Badi in Churu district. “After the safe landing, the CM proceeded by road for the function,” said the sources.
The helicopter is Italian-made and was acquired during the previous BJP government. There were two crew and security staff on board. It had a narrow escape when its wings developed problems. The pilot noticed some problem and immediately decided to make an emergency landing. “All occupants are well and were moved for the function by road,” said an officer. The helicopter took off from Jaipur’s Sanganer airport on Sunday morning for Churu district where the CM was scheduled to address a function.