"Rahulda" and "Rahulji" they shouted, surging forward to shake hands with him or seek his autograph.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was given a tumultuous welcome by students at Visva Bharati University here Tuesday as he began a three-day trip to West Bengal.
Rahul Gandhi, whose family has had long standing ties with the university founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, 200 km from Kolkata, seemed in high spirits as he crossed barricades to shake hands with students. Never mind if he was a little behind schedule.
Text: IANS
In Image:AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi meeting students during his visit to Santiniketan in Birbhum district on September 14, 2010. (Photographs copyright PTI)
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was given a tumultuous welcome by students at Visva Bharati University here Tuesday as he began a three-day trip to West Bengal.
Rahul Gandhi, whose family has had long standing ties with the university founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, 200 km from Kolkata, seemed in high spirits as he crossed barricades to shake hands with students. Never mind if he was a little behind schedule.
Text: IANS
In Image:AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi meeting students during his visit to Santiniketan in Birbhum district on September 14, 2010. (Photographs copyright PTI)
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