There was a vivid sense of rivalry between the candidates and Tharoor claimed that he is the candidate of change and that youngsters and people in lower levels of the party are supporting him.

While it was expected that the Election Commission will announce the dates for Gujarat assembly polls, the Chief Election Commissioner has refrained from unveiling the election schedule for Gujarat.

The developments around the crucial affairs are attracting national attention as the new leadership will be driving the party to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls with multiple stopovers of assembly polls.

Congress party members are enthused about her participation in this Yatra, a significant public event, after many years of taking this position.

Though the party has got three candidates in the race, it is not the final list as the latter would be announced only after the deadline of withdrawing the nominations, which is on October 8.

The big mystery will be solved in the evening hours of Saturday - September 30 when the process of filing the nomination ends. 

As Ashok Gehlot is out of the contest, the race is now between Shashi Tharoor and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh.

Weeks after ending his five-decade association with the grand old party, Azad launched his new party in Jammu on Monday - September 26.

Submitting nominations for the election will take place from September 24 to September 30. On October 1, nomination papers would be scrutinized and October 8 will be the last day to withdraw the nominations.

Beginning on September 7 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, Rahul Gandhi walking for a total of 150 days, traveling 3,570 kilometers across 12 states and two union territories, stopping in seven districts over the course of 19 days, and finally arriving in Karnataka on October 1.