Title - Sonia Gandhi may launch Gurgaon Metro in October

Chandigarh: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will visit the state to launch the Rapid Metro in Gurgaon, inaugurate Shaheed Hasan Mewati Government Medical College in Nalhar and lay the foundation stone of the industrial model township in Roz-ka-Meo.Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had invited the Congress president to visit Gurgaon and Mewat on Gandhi Jayanti, falling on October 2, for the ceremony of the three projects.Though the invitation was being considered actively, the Congress decided to let the "inauspicious" days of the shraadh pass and push the visit and the launch to the Navratras.Though the party's official line is that the Congress president has her schedule full on Gandhi Jayanti, insiders maintain that the inauspicious days were one big reason to adjust the programme by a week or so.Consequently, the state government has been asked to take its pick from a couple of dates already conveyed to it.Insiders said the only choice available is to organise the programme within the first fortnight of October since the party leadership will have its hands full with the elections slated in the five states after that.

Meanwhile, the state Congress which was initially planning to launch its official website on Gandhi Jayanti will also do so on October 6 as per the tentative schedule so far. Sources said party general secretary in-charge Shakeel Ahmed is expected to be in Chandigarh on that day and the party is keen that he launches the website.