Rahul Gandhi to launch Congress campaign in Gujarat riding a bullock cart

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is set to kick off his party’s campaign in Gujarat, riding a bullock cart while embarking on three-day yatra beginning with offering prayers at Dwarkadhish Temple.

The local authorities declined permission to hold the road show in an open jeep in this historical town, but that did not deter him from choosing to ride a traditional bullock cart in a village and interacting with farmers in this OBC-dominated Dwarka district.

Mr. Gandhi will have brief halts for interactions and meetings with farmers, fishermen, and party workers around a dozen places during the day, covering two districts, Devbhumi Dwarka and Jamnagar, with seven assembly segments. In Dwarka, he will be given a traditional welcome by women dressed in local traditional attire of Ahir and Rabari pastoral communities.

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