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Images: On the road with Rahul Gandhi

Feb 1, 2012  
      

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, wearing a black sweater, and looking only slightly tired from what must have been a hectic day of campaigning, arrived to a rockstar’s reception as he rode on his minibus into an election rally – his fourth for the day – in Barabanki district yesterday. Arriving almost three hours after schedule, Rahul Gandhi‘s last stop was a much bigger rally in Dariyabad — the assembly constituency being contested by Rakesh Verma, son of Gonda Congress MP and Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma, a key strategist for the Congress in the region. Firstpost's Pallavi Polanki and Naresh Sharma follow his campaign trail.

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Rahul Gandhi on his minibus into an election rally. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost

 

 

Rahul Gandhi. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost

 

 

Having arrived to rousing welcome to the rally of about 5000 people. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost

 

 

Rahul Gandhi. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost

 

 

Rahul Gandhi was joined on stage by Barabanki Lok Sabha MP P L Punia, Union Minister Beni Prasad, a prominent congress politician Salim Iqbal Shervani. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost

 

 

Rahul Gandhi. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost

 

 

Rahul Gandhi. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost

 

 

Rahul Gandhi. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost

 

 

Rahul Gandhi. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost

 

 

Rahul Gandhi. Naresh Sharma/Firstpost