Rahul Gandhi likely to visit poll-bound Mizoram next week

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Mizoram for three days starting from October 16 to campaign for the party’s candidates for the state assembly polls next month, a senior party functionary said here on Friday.

During his visit to the northeastern state, which will go for the assembly elections on November 7, Gandhi will hold a march in Aizawl city and interact with people, Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee treasurer Lalmalsawma Nghaka said.

The party is likely to announce its candidates for the 40-member assembly polls when Gandhi will be in the state, he said