Rae Bareli: Rahul Gandhi on Monday began his two-day tour of Uttar Pradesh, the first after becoming the Congress president, with a visit to a Hanuman temple en route Amethi from Lucknow.
The Congress president offered prayers at the Churva Hanuman Mandir on the Lucknow-Rae Bareli road hours after landing in the state capital where enthusiastic party workers greeted him with garlands.
According to a local party worker Ram Kumar, the Congress leader regularly visits Amethi—his Lok Sabha constituency—and this is perhaps for the first time that he has offered prayers at the temple. After offering prayers, the 47-year-old Rahul Gandhi, donning a spotless white kurta-pyjama, came out sporting a bright vermilion ‘tilak’ on his forehead.