Belagavi, Apr 19 : Close on the heels of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s addressing election rallies in Bagalkot and Chincholi yesterday, AICC President Rahul Gandhi will try to woo voters of Chikkodi, considered as the cradle of the co-operative movement in Karnataka, this evening.
According to Veerkumar Patil, a senior Congress leader in Belagavi, district, more than one lakh party workers are expected to participate. Elaborate arrangements have been made for the success of the rally. Voters from Belagavi, Dharwad and Chikkodi are expected to arrive in large numbers.
The Congress has fielded sitting MP Prakash Hukkeri for Chikkodi Loka Sabha seat, a Congress bastion for a long time.
The BJP had fielded Annasaheb Jolle, replacing the former MP Ramesh Katti, in an attempt to clinch the seat from the Congress.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election Katti had lost the seat by a slender margin of 3000 votes.
