Well Prior to the Goa Assembly elections 2022, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will arrive in the coastal state for a day-long visit on Saturday, October 30, state party chief Girish Chodankar said on Tuesday.

As per details derived from the source, it is said that during the visit, Rahul  Gandhi would address a convention of Congress workers at SPM Stadium in Bambolim near here and also partake in various other party-level events scheduled that day, Chodankar

Reportedly,  Gandhi will arrive at 11 am on October 30 following which he will travel to the International Centre at Dona Paula where he would hold a meeting with party officials. Gandhi's visit assumes significance as the Congress is gearing up for the state Assembly polls next year.

In the 2017 Goa Assembly polls, the Congress had secured the highest 17 seats in the 40-member House, restricting the main opponent BJP to 13. But, the saffron party moved to ally with regional parties and came to power under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar, now deceased. The Congress had slammed the BJP saying ''stealing'' the mandate, a charge the saffron party rejected. Over the years, the Congress's strength in the state Assembly dwindled to four after many of its MLAs switched sides and joined the ruling BJP.

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