Panaji: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be walking in Margao as a part of ongoing Goy Rakhon Yatra (Save Goa Campaign) of the party in the coastal state on Sunday, a senior functionary said.
All India Congress Committee Goa Desk incharge Manikrao Thakare told reporters in Margao on Sunday that Gandhi will be arriving later in the afternoon in the coastal state.
He would be walking with the workers in Margao town after which he would be addressing a public meeting there, Thakare said.
The Congress leader said that the 27-day-long Goy Rakhon Yatra which was led by Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao and Goa Pradesh Congress committee President Girish Chodankar will culminate on Sunday.
Alemao told reporters that the Gandhi will be announcing the future plan of action for the party during his address in Goa on Sunday.
The LoP said that the Yatra received overwhelming response across all the constituencies.
“We have received so much of love during the Yatra. Everyone joined the Yatra in their own way,” he said.
GPCC chief Chodankar said that Gandhi has special affection for Goa which is shown by him from time and again.
Chodankar said that the BJP tried their level best to ensure that Gandhi does not address public meeting in Goa.
“There is a special storm that has started in the country and the BJP has no might to stop it,” he said, adding that even for Sunday meeting, the BJP tried to create hurdles.
“But we overcame all of it and Gandhi will be addressing public meeting in Margao,” he said.
