Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched the party’s election campaign in Jammu and Kashmir on September 4, 2024, addressing rallies in both Jammu and Kashmir regions. This marks the beginning of the Congress party’s efforts to garner support ahead of the three-phased Assembly elections. Rahul Gandhi’s campaign is accompanied by other prominent Congress leaders and focuses on crucial constituencies in the union territory.
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- Rahul Gandhi launches Congress’s J&K election campaign on September 4, 2024.
- He is scheduled to address two rallies, one in Jammu and another in Kashmir.
- The first rally will be held in Sangaldan, Ramban district, supporting candidate Vikar Rasool Wani.
- Sangaldan is part of the Banihal Assembly constituency in the Jammu division.
- There is no seat-sharing agreement between Congress and National Conference (NC) for Banihal; both parties have fielded candidates.
- Rahul Gandhi will later address a rally in the Dooru Assembly constituency, Anantnag district.
- Prominent leaders like Bharatsinh Solanki and Tariq Hameed Karra will accompany him during the campaign.
- Voting for the first phase of the J&K Assembly elections is scheduled for September 18, 2024.
- Congress and NC have formed a pre-poll alliance, with NC contesting 52 seats and Congress 31 seats.
- The alliance allows for a ‘friendly contest’ in five seats across Jammu and Kashmir.
