Appealing to the cosmopolitan city's electorate to vote for the party in the April 17 Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi said Bangaloreans sould elect candidates like technocrat Nandan Nilekani and youth leader Rizwan Arshad to parliament so that they could benefit from their yeoman service to the city, state and country.
Infosys co-founder Nilekani is contesting from the high-profile Bangalore South constituency, Arshad from Bangalore Central and C. Narayanaswamy from Bangalore North.
Earlier in the day, Gandhi addressed public rallies at Sirsi in coastal Uttara Kannada district and Raichur in northern region of the state for the party's candidates.