Bhopal: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will launch her party's campaign for this year s assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh at a meeting to be held here on October 19.

Apart from Sonia, all prominent party leaders from the state will also be present at the meeting, state Congress spokesman Manak Agrawal told PTI.

Congress leaders who will be attending the meeting include former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh, State Congress President Suresh Pachouri and Union Ministers Arjun Singh, Kamalnath and Jyotiraditya Scindia.

The Congress is making a determined bid to regain power in Madhya Pradesh where BJP is set to complete its five-year term in office for the first time since the state was formed in 1956.
Source : PTI