Periscope: Modi to visit Karnataka, Sonia Gandhi to host dinner, and more

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has invited leaders of all the opposition parties for a dinner on Tuesday in a fresh bid to forge a united front against the ruling BJP

On the campaign trail
 
As part of his campaign for the Karnataka assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Raichur, part of Hyderabad-Karnataka region of the state, for a rally on Tuesday. The Raichur region sends 31 MLAs to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly. In the 2013 Assembly elections, the Congress had bagged victory in the belt, which includes the six districts of Bidar, Raichur, Yadgir, Ballari, Gulbarga and Koppala. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has already completed on a trip to this region. Last year, when BJP President Amit Shah had visited, local newspapers reported farmers asked him