Jamnagar, 26 September(Wishav Warta): Eyeing the support of the influential Patel community, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit the campaign trail in the Patidar-dominated areas of poll-bound Gujarat.
Some members of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the party’s student wing, greeted him as he left Jamnagar for Rajkot this morning. The Congress leader urged the NSUI members to work hard to bring the party to power in Gujarat.
Taking a dig at BJP governments in the state and at the Centre, Gandhi said if the Congress was voted to power, his party’s government would function from Gujarat and not on orders from Delhi. On his way, at Falla village in Jamnagar, locals welcomed him by raising the slogan ‘Jai Patidar, Jai Sardar’. People were also seen wearing caps with the same slogan.
Yesterday, on the first day of his three days visit to poll-bound Gujrat, Gandhi was greeted by Hardik Patel, leader of the Patel quota agitation.
