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Gujarat elections 2017: Rahul Gandhi, PM Modi face off in Mehsana tomorrow

PM to hold rally in Mehsana on Saturday, Cong vice president in Modi’s hometown Vadnagar

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Even as the first phase of voting will be going in Gujarat on Saturday, Prime Minister and BJP's star campaigner Narendra Modi and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will face off, well almost, in Mehsana.

According to the programme released by BJP, Modi is slated to address an election rally in Mehsana at 3:00 pm on Saturday, on the day of the first phase of polling. Mehsana and 92 other seats in central and north Gujarat are slated to go to polls in the second phase.

Incidentally, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, who is set to begin his four-day tour of Gujarat on Friday, is also slated to be in Mehsana on Saturday, almost at the same time as the Prime Minister. In fact, they could be delivering election speeches at the same time just a few kilometres apart.

Seeking to take the battle right up to the PM's door, Gandhi is slated to address an election rally in Vadnagar, Modi's hometown, at 4:00 pm. While Modi is slated to address only an election rally in Mehsana, the Congress leader is slated to undertake a yatra from Vadnagar to Vijapur, also in Mehsana, and also address a public meeting there.

"It is a coincidence that Rahul ji and Narendra Modi will be in the same district at the same time. It was not planned," said a Congress insider.

Earlier in the day on Saturday, Modi is slated to address election rallies in Lunavada, Bodeli and Anand. The same day, Gandhi is scheduled to address public meetings at Harij in Patan, and Vadgam in Banaskantha.

Both Gandhi and Modi have campaigned extensively for their respective parties in the past few days. Gandhi has spent over 20 days in the state in the past couple of months, while Modi has visited close to a dozen times, and address about 20 rallies so far.

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