<p class="title">Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will campaign in the city on Sunday for the Maharashtra Assembly elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It will be his first campaign event in the state ahead of the October 21 elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mumbai Congress chief Eknath Gaikwad said Gandhi will address a rally at Dharavi here on Sunday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gaikwad's daughter and Congress secretary Varsha Gaikwad is seeking re-election for a fourth term from Dharavi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During Rahul Gandhi's tenure as party chief, Varsha Gaikwad was AICC secretary for Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh assembly polls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress is contesting 31 seats in Mumbai, leaving five for the ally NCP. In 2014, Congress had won only five seats in the metropolis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">State congress sources said Gandhi will also address a rally in Latur where former chief minister late Vilasrao Deshmukh's sons Amit and Dheeraj are contesting from Latur City and Latur Rural seats, respectively.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A rally in Vidarbha is also being planned early in the day on Sunday, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gandhi will return to the state for another round of campaigning on October 15, they said.</p>
<p class="title">Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will campaign in the city on Sunday for the Maharashtra Assembly elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It will be his first campaign event in the state ahead of the October 21 elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mumbai Congress chief Eknath Gaikwad said Gandhi will address a rally at Dharavi here on Sunday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gaikwad's daughter and Congress secretary Varsha Gaikwad is seeking re-election for a fourth term from Dharavi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During Rahul Gandhi's tenure as party chief, Varsha Gaikwad was AICC secretary for Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh assembly polls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Congress is contesting 31 seats in Mumbai, leaving five for the ally NCP. In 2014, Congress had won only five seats in the metropolis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">State congress sources said Gandhi will also address a rally in Latur where former chief minister late Vilasrao Deshmukh's sons Amit and Dheeraj are contesting from Latur City and Latur Rural seats, respectively.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A rally in Vidarbha is also being planned early in the day on Sunday, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gandhi will return to the state for another round of campaigning on October 15, they said.</p>