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Guj polls: Sonia to address public rallies
Ahmedabad,
Dec
1:
Congress
Party
President
Sonia
Gandhi
will
address
public
rallies
in
Gujarat
today
as
a
part
of
her
party
campaign
for
phase
one
election
for
which
voting
is
scheduled
to
be
held
on
December
11.
Sonia
will
address
a
public
meeting
at
Jampada
village
of
Chikhali
taluka
of
Navsari
district.
Later,
she
will
address
another
meeting
at
Jasdan
village
of
Saurashtra.
In
the
first
phase,
election
will
be
held
in
Saurashtra
and
South
Gujarat.
Earlier, UPA Chairperson had addressed a women"s rally in Gujarat"s Anand District in November. After the communal riots in the year 2002, Chief Minister Narendra Modi had won the 2002 elections from Maninagar constituency.
The Bharatiya Janata Party managed to win 127 seats, while the Congress party was able to win only 51 seats. The Janata Dal (United) and independents won two seats each. This year, in the second phase of elections scheduled to be held on December 16, Modi will be facing Congress candidate Dinsha Patel.
Earlier, Patel won five Assembly elections and four Lok Sabha elections from Gujarat. Counting of votes will take place on December 23. Over 36 million voters will elect the 182-member Assembly in Gujarat as the term of the State's Legislative Assembly is due to expire on December 26.
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