Rahul Gandhi to visit Rae Bareli for two-day tour

Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi will visit his Rae Bareli constituency for two days from Tuesday. He is scheduled to meet local groups, inaugurate development works funded through MPLADS and chair a District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee meeting

Rae Bareli: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is set to arrive in his parliamentary constituency of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday for a two-day visit, with preparations for his tour underway, party and administrative officials said.

Gandhi is scheduled to chair a meeting of the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) during his visit. Administrative officials are finalising preparations for the meeting, they said.

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The last DISHA meeting was chaired by Amethi MP Kishori Lal Sharma. Rae Bareli Congress president Pankaj Tiwari said Gandhi would be visiting for two days and that a detailed itinerary was being finalsied. According to Tiwari, Gandhi is scheduled to meet bullion traders at Prabhu Town in the city and later meet office-bearers of the Central Bar Association as well as delegations of sportspersons, medical professionals and chemists at the Bhuemau Guest House.

On Wednesday morning, Gandhi will inaugurate development works completed at a cost of Rs 3 crore from his MP Local Area Development Scheme funds at the guest house before attending the DISHA meeting.