Priyanka Gandhi to participate long road show in Agartala on April 16

Opposition Congress’s star campaigner and party’s general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will take part in a road show in Agartala on April 16 next.

Addressing a press conference at Congress Bhavan on Friday afternoon,  senior Congress leader and MLA Sudip Roy Barman said that the roadshow which will be organized in support of the opposition INDIA bloc candidates of two Lok Sabha constituencies, 1-West Tripura and 2-East Tripura will start from Agartala airport  and is scheduled to touch almost all important locations of the state capital Agartala.

Sudip said that party’s general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is scheduled to land in Agartala on April 16 and will join a road show to appeal to the people to vote for the INDIA Bloc candidates in both the parliamentary constituencies and the assembly by-polls. He said that the roadshow from airport will passes through old Governor house, North Gate, Bidurkarta Choumohani, Rajbari, Jackson gate, Kaman Chowmuhani, Surya Choumohani, Paradise Chowmuhani, Battala, Durga Chowmuhani and will end at airport.

Asked about a big rally from Congress ,  Sudip said that there will be no rally but during the roadshow, Priyanka Gandhi will deliver a speech near Surya Chowmuhani and appeal to the people to vote for the opposition INDIA Bloc candidates in the two Lok Sabha seats.

Claiming that the country is heading for a 'dharmayuddha', Roy Barman urged the people to join the roadshow and make it a grand success.

It may be recalled here that  Pradesh Congress president Ashish Kumar Saha is contesting from the West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency as the opposition INDIA Bloc nominee, former CPI(M) MLA Rajendra Reang is the opposition alliance candidate from the East Tripura Lok Sabha constituency.

The elections to the West Tripura Lok Sabha seat and by-election to the Ramnagar Assembly constituency will be held on April 19, while polling for the Tripura East Parliamentary constituency is scheduled on April 26.