Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will be in Panchkula on Wednesday to chair a series of meetings of Haryana Congress and to assess ground realities and prepare a roadmap for the future.
Earlier, it was decided that Rahul will meet all presidents of district Congress, block Congress, besides former MPs, MlAs and presidents of different wings of State Congress committee during his visit, but due to a tight schedule, he would not meet all of them.
Now, only those leaders are being invited to whom AICC gave green signal.
There is a rush among Congress workers to get the coveted pass to attend the meeting.
They are approaching Haryana Congress Bhawan at Chandigarh, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's residence, his office and Phool Chand Mullana, State Congress president's home at sector 7, Chandigarh.
Rahul will chair three meetings on Wednesday at Indradhanush Auditorium, Sector 5, Panchkula.
The first meeting at 10.15 am will be for the MPs. In the second meeting, he will meet elected Congress members of local self government (Panchayati Raj) and the third meeting will be with the PCC members & office-bearers of HPCC.
BJP leaders have announced that they will show black flags to the Congress cice president demanding resignation of law minister Ashwani Kumar and Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.
Panchkula police have made elaborate arrangements for the visit by deputing about 700 police personnel in and around the auditorium complex. Plain clothed policemen and those with arms have been deployed while there are several check points in the city.