Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Girish Chodankar told PTI on Saturday that the public meeting will mark the conclusion of the 28-day-long yatra.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will participate in the party’s public outreach campaign, “Goy Rakhon Yatra”, in Goa on Sunday and address a public meeting in Margao.
The Congress has projected the campaign as a movement to safeguard Goa’s land, identity, environment and cultural heritage, while reaching out to people across the state. The Congress’s campaign has raised issues including land conversion, unemployment, corruption, public safety and the preservation of Goa’s distinctive social and cultural identity. The yatra, which began on September 22, covers all 40 assembly constituencies in the coastal state.
“Gandhi was earlier scheduled to participate in the yatra but postponed his visit owing to protests in Delhi over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls,” Chodankar said, adding that Gandhi’s participation will provide a national-level focus to the Congress campaign.
