New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, who returned from a 56-day sabbatical on Thursday, will hold intensive consultations with farmers on Saturday as he is expected to lead the Congress' charge on the land bill issue against the government with the Kisan rally on Sunday.
The Gandhi scion is scheuled to meet the farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh at 11 am today.
After holding a thorough discussion with a group of two dozen farmers' representatives, Gandhi will interact with a larger group and seek their views on the changes being brought in the UPA's land law by the Narendra Modi government.
The Sunday rally is being seen as some sort of a relaunch of Rahul, who is being hailed as a "mature" leader who would restore the party's health after its downturn in Lok Sabha polls.
With the Sunday rally being the first major public outreach event for the Congress vice president after his leave, the party is pulling out all stops to galvanise support for the rally.
Congress is hoping to rally around people from various parts of the country with the 'Chalo Dilli Chale' slogan which will be seen on hoardings and heard on FM radio channels on which it has booked spots.
A 17-coach 'Kisan Express' train carrying farmers will leave from Jaipur and arrive at Delhi after six stops on the rally day. State leaders have been directed to ensure that the rally has full attendance.
Seeking to protest against the Narendra Modi-government's "anti-farmer and anti-poor" policies, the rally is being organised at a "mammoth" scale that would witness "a sea of humanity", the spokesperson said.
The Congress vice-president arrived in New Delhi yesterday after a two-month long break from the political scene. His whereabouts were a matter of much speculation and it is still not known where he spent his holidays.
The Congress had, however, defended his absence and said that the 44-year-old leader wanted time off for introspection after a series of electoral drubbings.
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