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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Rahul’s cuppa stumps Jadcherla
The unexpected guest surprised everyone at a road side tiny hotel near Macharam village in the most backward Mahbubnagar district.
Driving on national highway no 7, Congress MP and general secretary Rahul Gandhi paid a surprise visit to the Surya Family Restaurant at the Macharam crossroads and had tea and some snacks. Dhaba owner Vattipalli Amarnath Reddy and his parents Mannem Reddy and Manemma were elated over the visit.
“I could not believe my eyes. I realised it was indeed Rahul Gandhi after the security personnel escorted the VVIP to a dusty chair,” Amarnath Reddy told The Times of India.
“When I offered to clean the chair, Rahul politely declined and asked me to get a good cup of tea and some snacks,” the dhaba owner added.
Rahul Gandhi’s Mahbubnagar district visit was decided only on Friday late night and very few from the district knew about it. Rahul, after landing at Shamshabad airport, left for Jadcharla and the convoy of about a dozen vehicles made the halt at the dhaba at around 1.30 pm.
Rahul first had a chat with Amarnath Reddy and enquired about the business. He also asked about the state government schemes.
Later, the young Congress MP interacted with about dozen customers at the dhaba. Avuladasu Rajendra Goud, Macharam MPTC member, introduced himself to Rahul, who enquired about the Congress activities in the area. Rahul also asked him about the local MLA details and tried to gather some information about his performance.
Finally, the young Gandhi bought a packaged drinking water bottle, a few chips packets, biscuits and paid for all of them. When Amarnath Reddy refused to take the amount, Rahul insisted and gave him Rs 500 note. Amarnath Reddy returned him Rs 400.
As Rahul was leaving, a hotel worker Narsimhulu went up to him and said he was a staunch supporter of the Congress party and told him that he had voted for the ‘Hand’ in all elections. Narsimhulu urged Rahul to help him as he was very poor.
However, Rahul advised him to make use of the benefits of the Indiramma housing scheme being implemented by the state government.
Later, Rahul attended an audit meeting of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) at Bhutpur, where several daily-wage labourers complained to him that they were being paid only half of the stipulated salaries. Rahul advised district collector V Usha Rani to take action against those responsible for it.
Driving on national highway no 7, Congress MP and general secretary Rahul Gandhi paid a surprise visit to the Surya Family Restaurant at the Macharam crossroads and had tea and some snacks. Dhaba owner Vattipalli Amarnath Reddy and his parents Mannem Reddy and Manemma were elated over the visit.
“I could not believe my eyes. I realised it was indeed Rahul Gandhi after the security personnel escorted the VVIP to a dusty chair,” Amarnath Reddy told The Times of India.
“When I offered to clean the chair, Rahul politely declined and asked me to get a good cup of tea and some snacks,” the dhaba owner added.
Rahul Gandhi’s Mahbubnagar district visit was decided only on Friday late night and very few from the district knew about it. Rahul, after landing at Shamshabad airport, left for Jadcharla and the convoy of about a dozen vehicles made the halt at the dhaba at around 1.30 pm.
Rahul first had a chat with Amarnath Reddy and enquired about the business. He also asked about the state government schemes.
Later, the young Congress MP interacted with about dozen customers at the dhaba. Avuladasu Rajendra Goud, Macharam MPTC member, introduced himself to Rahul, who enquired about the Congress activities in the area. Rahul also asked him about the local MLA details and tried to gather some information about his performance.
Finally, the young Gandhi bought a packaged drinking water bottle, a few chips packets, biscuits and paid for all of them. When Amarnath Reddy refused to take the amount, Rahul insisted and gave him Rs 500 note. Amarnath Reddy returned him Rs 400.
As Rahul was leaving, a hotel worker Narsimhulu went up to him and said he was a staunch supporter of the Congress party and told him that he had voted for the ‘Hand’ in all elections. Narsimhulu urged Rahul to help him as he was very poor.
However, Rahul advised him to make use of the benefits of the Indiramma housing scheme being implemented by the state government.
Later, Rahul attended an audit meeting of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) at Bhutpur, where several daily-wage labourers complained to him that they were being paid only half of the stipulated salaries. Rahul advised district collector V Usha Rani to take action against those responsible for it.
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