Rahul Gandhi coming on Nov. 18

HYDERABAD: AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit the State on November 18 to participate in interactive session with student community.

Sources said Mr. Gandhi will arrive in the city on November 18 and proceed to Osmania University campus, where an interactive session is arranged with students at Tagore Auditorium.

After that, he will fly to Vijayawada and participate in similar session at the Loyola College.

Later in the afternoon, he will reach Tirupati to interact with students of Sri Venkateswara University.

He will leave for New Delhi the same night.

Sources said the main idea behind such interaction with the student community is to encourage them to join the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the students wing of the Congress party.

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