"Can't Stop Us": Row Over Rahul Gandhi's Visit To Bihar Hostel, Case Filed

Congress's Rahul Gandhi landed in controversy today after he went to meet students in Bihar at a hostel in Darbhanga, disregarding police barriers. The state government said he was not granted permission for a meeting at the hostel and a couple of cases were filed against him. Mr Gandhi, though, said he has 30-32 such cases against him and he regards them as "medals". The police had allegedly stopped Mr Gandhi's car from going to the event, but he walked to the hostel and addressed the students there as the Congress launched its "Shiksha Nyay Samvad" programme. With assembly elections in the state due at the end of this year, the Congress has alleged that the government's move was politically motivated. "I came here to meet and talk to students who belong to marginalised communities but government officials are not allowing us to go inside," Mr Gandhi told reporters outside the Ambedkar Hostel.