NEW DELHI: Congress national president Sonia Gandhi, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu have been named the party's star campaigners for the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat.
The party had yesterday released a list of 40 campaigners, which also includes OBC leader Alpesh Thakor.
Importantly, Thakor had joined the Congress recently.
Punjab Minister and former Indian batsman Navjot Singh Sidhu, who quit the BJP to join the Congress ahead of the Punjab elections, UP Congress chief Raj Babbar and actress-turned-politician Nagma Morarji have also been included as the star campainers for the party.
They are expected to add the star value to the Congress party's campaign in Narendra Modi's home state.
Among others who are slated to campaign for the party in Gujarat are party's general secretary in-charge for Gujarat Ashok Gehlot, Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel, leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and Gujarat Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki.
Overseas Congress department chairman Sam Pitroda, the party's deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda are also among the star campaigners.
Randeep Surjewala, Kamal Nath, Sachin Pilot, Madhusudan Mistry, Deepak Babariya, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Rajiv Shukla, Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev and Indian Youth Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja have also been named in the list and are likely to campaign in Gujarat.
With IANS inputs
