Rahul Gandhi to launch yatra

The Statesman,1st March,2008

Congress leader Mr Rahul Gandhi will launch his nation wide mass contact yatra*** from a tribal dominated district of Orissa and he will touch 13 districts during his four day tour of the state beginning 7 March.Addressing a press conference here today All India youth and student congress leaders Mr Ashok Tanwar, Mr Nadeem Javed, Mr Prakash Joshi and others said that Gandhi will launch the yatra*** from Nuapada district. He will tour – Nuapada, Nawarangpur, Kalahandi, Koraput, Rayagada, Sundergarh, Sambalpur, Angul, Mayurbhanj, Ganjam, Cuttack, Jajpur and Khurda districts.Youth, students, farmers and tribal rallies will be organized at different places, said the leaders. At Kalahandi a rally to save forest will be held, they added.OPCC chief Mr Jayadev Jena said "the frontal wings will be involved in the entire programme while the OPCC will be associated in assisting them".The leaders who had come from Delhi faced a barrage of questions on the virtually defunct frontal wings in the state, particularly the students wing which lacks a president for over three years.