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Updated: Jul 12, 2018 09:19 IST

Gujarat will be abuzz with hectic political activities for the rest of July as the state prepares to host Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and the RSS leadership from Thursday.

The RSS events will begin from Prabash Patan, seat of Somnath, with the annual Prant Pracharak meet and conclude with the PM’s visit on July 20. With less than a year for the next general elections, RSS functionaries will go into a huddle in Somnath to chart out a strategy for the next one year.

On Thursday, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will hold a meeting with local functionaries and a Sadhbhavana meet with invited community leaders. He will be in Somnath till July 18 as Prant Pracharak from across India will gather for the three-day annual camp from July 15. “The organisation will take stock of things done so far and device a strategy for the next year,’’ said an RSS source on condition of anonymity.

Gandhi will begin his two-day tour on July 16 from Bhavnagar. “Rahul ji will meet workers at Alang ship-breaking yard and farmers at Methala. He may also visit Ramkathakar Morari Bapu at his ashram,” said a Congress leader who didn’t want to be named.

BJP chief Shah is expected to be in Ahmedabad on July 13 and attend Mangla aarti at Lord Jagannath temple in Kalupur, ahead of the annual rathyatra. Modi, during a day-long tour on July 20, will inaugurate PM Awas Yojana in Valsad, attend an event at Junagadh Agriculture University also convocation of Forensic Science University in Gandhinagar.