Rahul Gandhi`s first rally in Bihar: As it happened

In a bid to woo voters in Bihar, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will be holding a rally at Ram Nagar in West Champaran district on Saturday.

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• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 3:24 PM IST

  Rahul Gandhi concludes his speech.

• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 3:23 PM IST

  If our government is formed here, we assure you that employment opportunities will be created. They want to keep their suit clean, we prefer dhoti. This is our ideology: Rahul

• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 3:22 PM IST

  There was PDS scam in Chhattisgarh involving thousands of crores and Vyapam scam in MP. Sushma Swaraj is saving Lalit Modi and Modiji says neither he will eat nor will let anyone eat: Rahul

• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 3:19 PM IST

  He started as tea-seller, today he wears Rs 15 lakh suits. Has anyone got Rs 15 lakhs, employment? Has inflation come down?, says Rahul

• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 3:17 PM IST

  I'd said in the parliament it's a suit boot government and not pro-poor government. Look around and see people here are not wearing suit boot, but torn clothes and kurtas: Rahul

• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 3:15 PM IST

  Rahul Gandhi begins his address.

• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 2:03 PM IST

  Rahul Gandhi has reached the venue. He is being felicitated by the leaders of Grand Alliance.

• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 1:41 PM IST

  RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav and JDU leader KC Tyagi wait for Rahul Gandhi to arrive for poll campaign in Bihar

• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 1:33 PM IST

  As per sources quoted by ANI, Bihar Chief Minister and senior JD(U) leaders Nitish Kumar has met Rahul Gandhi at Patna Airport

• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 1:32 PM IST

  One man carrying an air gun was detained at the entry to Rahul Gandhi's rally in Champaran.

• Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 1:31 PM IST

  Congress believes with RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressing the rally with the theme of "Samata and Samrasata" (equity and harmony), the anti-BJP alliance will be able drive home the message of social justice with greater force.

  Congress plans to make the proposed rally at Ram Nagar in West Champaran district a "mega" affair after the alliance's Swabhiman rally in Patna on August 30 which was attended by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Lalu Yadav and Nitish.

  However, according to reports, Lalu and Nitish are likely to give the rally a miss.

  (With PTI inputs)