On Thursday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be addressing a rally in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, where the party is facing a tough challenge for all the four seats in the Lok Sabha election that are due in April-May.
Rahul will be arriving the state at round two in the afternoon and will head directly to the rally venue at Chambi ground in Shahpur assembly segment which is situated at a distance of around 5 km from the Kangra airport.
Congress is competing for four parliamentary seats of Shimla, Kangra, Hamirpur and Mandi. However, it is yet to declare its candidates. Besides raising the matter of ‘stolen documents of Rafale’ and ‘IAF airstrike on Balakot’, Congress President is likely to talk about problems that Himachal Pradesh is facing like unemployment, lack of development and dwindling horticulture and tourism economy.
All senior leaders of the state unit of the Congress will attend the rally except former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. The veteran leader is reportedly busy with the wedding of his son Vikramaditya Singh.