Rahul, Priyanka to visit Tripura in December: Cong leader

Agartala, Nov 21(PTI) Senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will visit Tripura in December, a senior party leader said here on Tuesday.

Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi are busy campaigning for the assembly elections. Once it gets over, they will visit Tripura to seek blessings from Maa Tripurasundari, AICC secretary Szarita Laitphlang told reporters at the Congress Bhavan here.

"The counting of votes in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram will take place on December 3. After government formation in these states, Rahul-ji and Priyanka Gandhi will visit the state. Most probably, they will come separately in the second and third week of December," she said.

Earlier, TPCC president Asish Kumar Saha and Laitphlang held a meeting with leaders of Mahila Congress to prepare for next year's Lok Sabha polls.

The northeastern state has two Lok Sabha constituencies, West Tripura and East Tripura. The BJP had won both the seats in the 2019 elections. PTI PS MNB