Now Dikshit campaigns for Congress in Bihar

NEW DELHI - After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is now campaigning for the Congress in Bihar.

Dikshit is on a two-day tour of the state from Tuesday and is focusing on the areas scheduled to go for polls in the second phase, a Congress leader told IANS.

He said Dikshit is focusing on development issues and will tell the story of the work done in the national capital, which is home to lakhs of people from Bihar.

The Delhi chief minister was in Kishanganj, Araria, Supaul and Madhepura districts of the state Tuesday and will campaign for the party in Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga as well as Samastipur Wednesday, the party leader said.

Bihar goes to polls in five phases Oct 21-Nov 20 to elect a 243-seat assembly.