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Rahul halts at dalit’s hut in Amethi

Amethi: In an apparent bid to garner the support of dalits, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited a dalit village and spent the night in the house of a community member.

Mr. Gandhi, who is on a three-day visit to his constituency, visited Jawaharpur village in Sangarampur block to hold a meeting with 20 groups associated with the Rajiv Gandhi Women Development Project on Saturday evening.

Immediately after the meeting, Mr. Gandhi visited the house of Sunita, a dalit in the village. He ate the food offered by her and stayed there for the day. Mr. Gandhi also discussed problems faced by dalits, party sources said.

SPG men and security personnel were on their toes due to Mr. Gandhi’s unscheduled halt in the hut.

He spent the entire night in the village and reached the Sanjay Gandhi Hosptial Guest House, where he was put up during his visit at 7 a.m. on Sunday to hold a meeting with people of his constituency.

District panchayat representatives and Congressmen sought the intervention of Mr. Gandhi to set right alleged discrepancies in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and “non-effective implementation” of Central schemes.

He told partymen that while the youth were being given responsibility in the party, elders would also be given due respect. — PTI

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