Rahul Meets Farmers
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Rahul Yatra: Photo-ops galore, but will they lead to votes?
Marching along a canal, several farmers escorting him. Seated on a charpai, a school child nestled in his lap. A farmer offering him an unraveled turban to wipe off the sweat. The Rahul Gandhi Roadshow is being carefully chronicled -rarely does the media have this much access to the Congress General Secretary. The photo-opportunities ab...
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Rahul Gandhi meets PM about UP farmers
Rahul Gandhi met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this evening to highlight the situation of farmers in Greater Noida who claim their land is being illicitly acquired by Mayawati's government in UP.Mr Gandhi was in fact accompanied by some farmers."They wanted to meet the PM, so I facilitated this," the Congress General Secretary told reporters a...
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Man with pistol caught near Rahul Gandhi
A youth armed with a country made pistol seen standing close to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was detained on Wednesday night at Kasna police station in Uttar Pradesh.The identity of the youth, who appeared to be in his twenties, is not known yet. He was present among the crowd of people standing close to Rahul Gandhi who was taken to Kasna police s...
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Rahul rides mobike pillion in the dark to visit Greater Noida farmers
Rahul Gandhi rode pillion on a motorcyle just before dawn on Wednesday, to meet farmers protesting against the Uttar Pradesh government's land acquisition policy. He visited Bhatta Parsaul, the village in Greater Noida that has seen violent clashes between the police and farmers in the last few days. It was around 4 am and dark when the Congress ge...
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Rahul Gandhi meets Aligarh's agitating farmers
In an apparent show of solidarity, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met the agitating farmers in Aligarh who have been demanding higher compensation for their land acquired by the UP government and reached out to families of those who were injured or lost their lives in clashes with police.Taking authorities by surprise, the Congress general secretary drov...
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Rahul Yatra: Photo-ops galore, but will they lead to votes?
Marching along a canal, several farmers escorting him. Seated on a charpai, a school child nestled in his lap. A farmer offering him an unraveled turban to wipe off the sweat. The Rahul Gandhi Roadshow is being carefully chronicled -rarely does the media have this much access to the Congress General Secretary. The photo-opportunities ab...
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Rahul Gandhi meets PM about UP farmers
Rahul Gandhi met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this evening to highlight the situation of farmers in Greater Noida who claim their land is being illicitly acquired by Mayawati's government in UP.Mr Gandhi was in fact accompanied by some farmers."They wanted to meet the PM, so I facilitated this," the Congress General Secretary told reporters a...
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Man with pistol caught near Rahul Gandhi
A youth armed with a country made pistol seen standing close to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was detained on Wednesday night at Kasna police station in Uttar Pradesh.The identity of the youth, who appeared to be in his twenties, is not known yet. He was present among the crowd of people standing close to Rahul Gandhi who was taken to Kasna police s...
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Rahul rides mobike pillion in the dark to visit Greater Noida farmers
Rahul Gandhi rode pillion on a motorcyle just before dawn on Wednesday, to meet farmers protesting against the Uttar Pradesh government's land acquisition policy. He visited Bhatta Parsaul, the village in Greater Noida that has seen violent clashes between the police and farmers in the last few days. It was around 4 am and dark when the Congress ge...
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Rahul Gandhi meets Aligarh's agitating farmers
In an apparent show of solidarity, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met the agitating farmers in Aligarh who have been demanding higher compensation for their land acquired by the UP government and reached out to families of those who were injured or lost their lives in clashes with police.Taking authorities by surprise, the Congress general secretary drov...
