Rahul, Priyanka set to visit Maharashtra to boost election campaign

The Maharashtra Congress plans to have at least two rallies each of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and the party's newly-inducted general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the state, a senior leader said Tuesday. Former Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the Gandhi siblings' rallies will be scheduled after they give approval.

Shinde is the Congress' campaign committee in charge of Maharashtra. He added that coordinators in each of the divisions have been asked to shortlist names of party leaders for campaigning. Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats.