Rahul Gandhi to visit Telangana today; to hold talks with youths, women

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Telangana on Monday. This will be his first visit to the state after becoming the party chief. He will attend several events in Hyderabad where he will address the students community, unemployed youths, entrepreneurs, women self-help-groups and others.

The events will be held on Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, Rahul will hold an interaction with various women Self-Help Groups at a convention centre at Shamshabad in Hyderabad, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee said in a statement.

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“The visit would give a definite boost to the party. This is his first visit to Telangana after becoming party president. He played a key role in the formation of Telangana,” Deputy Leader of the Congress party in State Legislative Council P Sudhakar Reddy was quoted as saying by PTI.

On Tuesday, Rahul would hold a tele-conference with 31,600 booth committee presidents, mandal and district Congress presidents and also state unit officials. He would then have an interaction with various media editors and bureau chiefs for an hour at the hotel where he would be staying.

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Later, Rahul would address about 150 young industrialists and CEOs from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In the evening, he would attend a public meeting for students and unemployed youth at Saroornagar stadium.

The Congress president will leave for Delhi by 8.30  pm on Tuesday.