NEW DELHI: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will embark on a country-wide padayatra from Vidarbha in Maharashtra , a continuation of his farmers’ offensive in the wake of crop loss due to unseasonal rails and hailstorms and the party’s agitation against the Modi government’s land bill Congress’s media managers said Rahul will start his padayatra at the end of this month.The Gandhi scion’s padayatra is aimed at wooing farmers at a time when there is widespread distress in the farm sector and the opposition is up in arms against the Modi government on the land bill.After returning from his sabbatical, Rahul raised the issue of agrarian crisis at a Ramlila Maidan rally in Delhi and in Parliament. He also visited the hospital where the body of Gajendra Singh , a farmer from Rajasthan’s Dausa district, was taken after he committed suicide at an Aam Aadmi party rally. He had accused the Modi government of punishing farmers.Congress managers said Rahul will travel extensively across the country and will cover 15-18 km every day to highlight the agrarian distress.Rahul’s padayatra will focus on highlighting farmers’ issues with a view to expose the NDA government over its contentious land bill, its failure to hike minimum support price for farmers and implement Swaminathan panel’s recommendations.The visit will be followed up by trips to Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.