Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday relished a samosa and sipped tea at a roadside eatery while campaigning in the old city area in Bhopal for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections.
Rahul Gandhi was taking part in a roadshow when he halted at Raju tea stall where he also took selfies with youngsters. Accompanying him were Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath, Congress lawmaker Jyotiraditya Scindia and other party leaders. During his daylong visit to the state capital, Rahul Gandhi sought blessings from Hindu priests and young girls before beginning his 18 km long road show from Lalghati Square, close to the Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal.
Thousands of party workers and supporters accompanied him holding the party's flags as he started the Sankalp Yatra. The cavalcade passed through the old city areas, including Royal Market and Peer Gate, before concluding the show at BHEL Dussehra ground.
In the posters across Bhopal, Rahul was described as a devotee of Lord Shiva in the posters.
In some posters, he was seen offering water to Shivalinga. This was for the first time in Madhya Pradesh that Rahul Gandhi was seen in new avatar of Lord Shiva’s bhakt, probably to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, whose name has ‘Shiva’. This was also surprising for the Congressmen that at Lalghati square, Rahul Gandhi was traditionally welcomed by a small girl and some articles were gifted to him.
