<p class="bodytext rtejustify">AICC chairperson Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Mangaluru on Friday for the second phase of campaigning in the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">He earlier visited Dakshina Kannada district and Udupi on March 20 and 21 for the pre-poll campaigning.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Rahul Gandhi, who is presently campaigning in Uttara Kannada district, will stay in Murudeshwar on Thursday night and arrive at Mangaluru on Friday morning and release the party manifesto at T M A Pai Auditorium at 9.45 am. Later, he will take part in a public programme at B C Road and then proceed towards Dharmasthala to seek darshan of Lord Manjunatha. He will also have an interaction with Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade and later proceed to Gonikoppal and Periyapatna, where public programmes have been scheduled. He will then return to Delhi via Mysuru.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Most of the Congress leaders including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president Dr G Parameshwar, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Rajya Sabha member B K Hariprasad were with Rahul Gandhi in Uttara Kannada on Thursday and all of them are expected to accompany the AICC chief in Mangaluru too.</p>
<p class="bodytext rtejustify">AICC chairperson Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Mangaluru on Friday for the second phase of campaigning in the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">He earlier visited Dakshina Kannada district and Udupi on March 20 and 21 for the pre-poll campaigning.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Rahul Gandhi, who is presently campaigning in Uttara Kannada district, will stay in Murudeshwar on Thursday night and arrive at Mangaluru on Friday morning and release the party manifesto at T M A Pai Auditorium at 9.45 am. Later, he will take part in a public programme at B C Road and then proceed towards Dharmasthala to seek darshan of Lord Manjunatha. He will also have an interaction with Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade and later proceed to Gonikoppal and Periyapatna, where public programmes have been scheduled. He will then return to Delhi via Mysuru.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Most of the Congress leaders including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president Dr G Parameshwar, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Rajya Sabha member B K Hariprasad were with Rahul Gandhi in Uttara Kannada on Thursday and all of them are expected to accompany the AICC chief in Mangaluru too.</p>
