ahmedabad congress leaders on thursday held a foot march from the party headquarters to lord jagannath temple here to seek the deitys blessings for a thumping victory in the upcoming legislative assembly elections to be held in decemberthis was perhaps the first time that the congress which has been out of power in the state for nearly 27 years took out such a yatra from its office in paldi area till the lord jagannath temple in jamalpur ahead of the rath yatra on fridayto mark the occasion of the 145th rath yatra congress leaders carried a 145 kg laddoo and offered it at the temple after covering a distance of around 2kmwe will offer this laddoo weighing 145 kg to lord jagannath and seek his blessings for our victory in the upcoming election we will also urge the deity to free the country from dictatorship said gujarat congress president jagdish thakor while on his way to the templethakor was accompanied by leader of opposition in assembly sukhram rathva and state congress incharge raghu sharma while they were in a vehicle which was carrying the laddoo many other party leaders and workers reached the temple on footthe gujarat congress has set a target of winning at least 125 out of 182 seats in the upcoming elections sharma saidwe will seek lord jagannaths blessings for peace harmony and prosperity of the people of gujarat and we will seek gods blessings to form the next government in the state as people are unhappy under bjp rule we will pray and urge god to bless us with victory so that we can form a propeople government sharma told reporters pti