Bengaluru, Feb 22 (UNI) All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi will kick-start the election campaign in Karnataka on March 9, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundurao said today.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he said that the Congress President will address a public meeting in Haveri in North Karnataka and give a clarion call to defeat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He said that as a prelude to the beginning of the election campaign by the Congress, District level conventions will be held through out State and it will begin tomorrow in Raichur District in which several State leaders including himself, former Chief Minister and JDS-Congress Coalition government Coordination Committee Chairman Siddaramaiah, among others, will be participating.