Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi accompanied Union Minister of State for Rural Development Pradeep Jain for a raid on a food godown in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday evening. Gandhi, who has taken on the Mayawati government on several occasions, has earlier made such visits as a regular drill. His presence at the godown took food department officials by surprise. In fact, such was the impact that they locked their offices and fled. The Gandhi scion spent the night in Medhki village of the district. He had dinner at a villager's house, held a village meeting and slept in a school building.
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician who has played a prominent role in the Indian National Congress (INC), one of the major political parties in India.