Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge's Jammu visit was cancelled today. They were scheduled to go to Jammu to attend party meeting related to preparation for the upcoming assembly elections. According to the sources, both leaders may go tomorrow.
The proposed visit comes after Kharge and Gandhi met general secretaries, in-charges and screening committee members of four poll-bound states on Monday.
"On 21st and 22nd August, Congress president Shri Mallikarjun Kharge ji and Leader of Opposition Shri Rahul Gandhi ji will be visiting Jammu and Srinagar for key meetings in preparation for the upcoming assembly elections," Congress general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal said on X.
Congress national general secretary Gulam Ahmed Mir had said in Jammu, "Kharge ji and Rahul ji will be visiting Jammu and Kashmir for two days, starting tomorrow. They will arrive in Jammu tomorrow afternoon".
Mir said they (Kharge and Gandhi) will engage in extensive meetings with leaders and workers in both Jammu and Srinagar, aiming to energise and strengthen the party cadre.
According to the earlier schedule, after their interaction in Jammu, they would fly to Srinagar on Wednesday evening to continue their interactions with the cadre there and on Thursday, they would hold a press conference in Srinagar.
Venugopal also said the party was open for an alliance in Jammu and Kashmir and its main objective was to keep the BJP out of government.
Also, newly-appointed Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra said on Monday that the party is open to talks with like-minded parties to strike a "respectable alliance" for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls but the parameters for such a tie-up would be different from the Lok Sabha elections.
The three-phase elections to the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly will be held on September 18, September 25 and October 1. The Election Commission has also announced that elections to the 90-member Haryana assembly will be held on October 1 and results for both the polls will be declared on October 4.
(With PTI inputs)
