Congress's Rahul Gandhi will begin his Karnataka campaign next month for the state elections due on May 10. The April 5 rally will be held in Kolar, the place where Mr Gandhi made the comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname which has led to his two-year jail term and disqualification from parliament.
Earlier today, the Election Commission announced the poll date for the state where the ruling BJP is hoping for a second straight term in power.
The Congress, which formed government in Karnataka in 2018 with HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular, found itself out of power a year later. The alliance government collapsed with the desertion of a number of MLAs.
The two parties had accused the BJP of bringing down the government.
