All India Congress Committee (AICC) Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit the State for the first time after assuming the new role in the party early this year.
The visit of Rahul Gandhi, characterised as the Congress prime ministerial candidate, to the State is considered strategically important keeping in view the legislative elections scheduled later in the year.
Rahul will be holding meetings with Congress functionaries, elected representatives of the party in his two-day visit on April 24 and 25.
"On the first day, Rahul Gandhi will address two meetings of party office-bearers and elected public representatives in Dhar district's Mohan Kheda. Rahul will arrive in the state capital next day to address three
meetings of Congress office-bearers, elected public representatives and state unit representatives," state Congress Media Cell Chairman Manak Agarwal told media here on Sunday.
Agarwal said that Congress General Secretary and state In-Charge BK Hariprasad would visit Mohankheda tomorrow to supervise arrangements of Rahul’s visit. Hariprasad would also discuss with senior party leaders about the visit here on Thursday, he added.
On April 24, in the first meeting at Mohan Kheda, Rahul will hold discussion with party presidents, vice-presidents and treasurers of districts, sitting party legislators and parliamentarians, party candidates in 2008 assembly and 2009 parliamentary elections and with the presidents of the party front organizations.
In this meeting Congress representatives from the districts of Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Rajgarh, Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa and Betul will participate.
In the second meeting, he will hold discussions with the chairpersons, deputy chairpersons and members of the rural and urban local government bodies including janapad panchayats, municipal corporations and nagar panchayats.
On 25th April, Rahul will visit the State capital to hold three meetings here. Party representatives from the districts of Sagar, Tikamgarh, Damoh, Khajuraho, Sat na, Rewa, Sidhi, Shadol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Chhindwara, Hoshangabad, Vidisha and Bhopal will participate in the meetings.
later, he would also hold a meeting with the state party unit office-bearers at the state Congress headquarter in Bhopal.