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GANDHI'S GROUND 'ZERO'

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26th May, 2025

Rahul Gandhi's revitalisation programme waters the roots in the districts, but the tree is also barren at the top

- Jumana Shah

GANDHI'S GROUND 'ZERO'

been a frenetic blur for Naushad Solanki. District chief for the Congress in Surendranagar, his political life usually reflects the placidity of this Saurashtra outback. So why has he been meeting and interacting with so many others of his ilk? Perhaps more than ever before? It’s Rahul Gandhi. In mid-April, he made his third visit to Gujarat in 45 days, and set rolling a party revamp that seeks to strike at the root of its rot: the districts.

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