Rahul to address poll rally in K’taka on April 10: Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would address an election rally in poll-bound Karnataka on April 10 and also visit his former Parliamentary constituency Wayanad a day later. “Yesterday all senior leaders had reached there for bail of Rahul ji and the hearing will be held on April 13. Rahul Gandhi will go to address the election meeting in Karnataka on April 10. I have also been told that I have to be present there, so Rahul ji will go to Wayanad on April 11,” Baghel said. Karnataka is slated to go to Assembly polls on May 10 and the counting of votes will take place on May 13. Earlier on Monday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with several senior party leaders went to the Gujarat court to file an appeal against his March 23 conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark. He was accompanied by his sister and party leader Priyanka Gandhi. Along with her, the Chief Ministers of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh too came to the court.