Karnal, Nov. 3 -- Following a rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan last week, the Haryana Congress launched its "vote bachao, desh bachao choupal" campaign on Tuesday. The campaign began in Ladwa, Kurukshetra, which is the assembly constituency of Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini.

The party organised a choupal (village meeting) at Mangoli Jatan of Ladwa as part of the month-long drive ending November 25. The programme was chaired by All India Congress Committee (AICC) Haryana in-charge Sanjay Dutt, state Congress president Rao Narender Singh, and Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda.

Hooda was appointed as the Kurukshetra district observer for the campaign by the state unit. Ambala MP Varun Chaudhary will oversee Karnal, while Sonepat MP Satpal...