Gujarat Assembly polls: Congress to hold 'Parivartan Sankalp' yatras from October 31

Congress party will take out 'Parivartan Sankalp' yatras from October 31 across five zones in Gujarat. The Assembly polls are due in the state by the end of this year. Schedule for the elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly is yet to be announced.

Gujarat Congress chief spokesperson Manish Doshi said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel, former Madhya Pradesh chief ministers Digvijay Singh and Kamal Nath, and senior leader Mukul Wasnik will launch the marches from five different towns.

With these yatras, the Congress aims to create an atmosphere for change in Gujarat, where the Bharatiya Janata Party has been in power for close to three decades.


As per the report, Gehlot will launch the yatra from Palanpur in Banaskantha district of north Gujarat. Baghel will launch it from Fagvel in Kheda district of central Gujarat, while senior leader Digvijaya Singh will participate in the yatra from Nakhatrana in Kutch. Kamal Nath will set out on the 'Parivartan Yatra' from Somnath and senior leader Mukul Wasnik will attend the yatra from Jambusar to south Gujarat, according to him.

"Each of these yatras will last nearly a week and cover 175 out of the state's 182 Assembly seats. More details of the programme will be revealed on October 29," Doshi added.

In the run-up to the elections, the ruling BJP had recently organised 'Gujarat Gaurav Yatra'.