Rahul Gandhi to visit Gujarat on Wednesday, address series of meetings

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit poll-bound Gujarat on Wednesday and address a series of corner meetings in Bharuch and Surat districts.

The visit comes two days after Hardik Patel had said that his organisation Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) was agreeable to explore constitutional solutions for its demand of quotas for the Patidar community.

Patel, who met state Congress leaders Bharatsinh Solanki, Siddharth Patel and Arjun Modhwadia in Ahmedabad, has said that he was "neither against the Congress nor in its favour but am against the BJP's arrogant and autocratic attitude against the Patidars", as per IANS.

He had added that he wants clarity by November 7 on the issue of reservation to his community.

"I am not with or against anyone (Congress). I need clarity by November 7 on issue of reservation to our community", Patel had told reporters.

He had earlier given an ultimatum to the Congress to come clear on reservations for his community under the OBC category by November 3.

Meanwhile, the Congress has said that it will make a decision after consulting the matter with legal experts.

"PAAS has put forward their point, and we will go to legal expert and then take things forward," Gujarat State President Bharatsinh Solanki had said in a press conference, ANI reported.

The polls will be conducted in two phases in the state.

The polling for the first phase will be held on December 9 and for the second phase on December 14.

The counting of the votes will be held on December 18. 

(With Agency inputs)