Watch Video: Rahul Gandhi, Charanjit Singh Channi, Navjot Singh Sidhu eat langar food at Golden Temple

Watch Video: Rahul Gandhi, Charanjit Singh Channi, Navjot Singh Sidhu eat langar food at Golden Temple | Video Screengrab
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday were seen eating langar food at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
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Rahul Gandhi along with party candidates for the Punjab assembly polls paid obeisance at the Golden Temple.
In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said he along with the Congress candidates prayed for the future of Punjab at Harmandir Sahib.
Kicking off his poll campaign in Punjab, Gandhi is scheduled to address a virtual rally at Mithapur in Jalandhar.
He is visiting the poll-bound state for the first time after the election dates were announced on January 8 by the Election Commission of India.
Channi, Sidhu and deputy chief ministers Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and O P Soni earlier received Gandhi at the Amritsar airport on his arrival from Delhi.
Gandhi later visited Jallianwala Bagh. He will also visit Durgiana Temple and the Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal here.
The Congress has announced 109 candidates for the February 20 Punjab Assembly polls. The names of candidates for eight seats are yet to be announced. At Jalandhar's Mithapur, Gandhi will address the 'Punjab Fateh' virtual rally in the afternoon before returning to Delhi in the evening.
The Election Commission had extended the ban on physical rallies and road shows till January 31 in the five poll-going states, including Punjab.
The Congress is seeking to retain power in Punjab which will go to polls on February 20.
(With PTI inputs)
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