Rahul’s train to Delhi stoned near Panipat

New Delhi

Sept. 15: Miscreants pelted stones at the Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express in which the AICC general secretary, Mr Rahul Gandhi, was travelling back to New Delhi.
Carrying forward the austerity drive, Mr Gandhi travelled to Ludhiana in the Shatabdi Express chair car giving up the comforts of executive class he is entitled to.
Later on his way back, his train was stoned by miscreants on Tuesday evening near Gharaunda town near Panipat, in Haryana. No one was injured, officials said. The incident took place around 9.45 pm.
Mr Gandhi boarded the train in Ludhiana where he addressed the youth congress workers of Punjab.
Some window panes of three coaches — C1, C2 and C4 — were broken when some youth stoned the train. The Northern Railways spokesman said that 39-year-old Rahul was in the C3 bogie amid reports that Mr Gandhi was not perturbed. A probe has been ordered into the incident. According to reports, the stone-pelters were youth in the age of group of 18 to 25 years.
Earlier in the day, during the journey to Ludhiana, the Congress MP maintained the sanctity of the travel by not causing any inconvenience to his co-passengers.
He had custard and omelette for breakfast preferring them over the paranthas, curd, idli, vada and fruits offered by the catering staff.
Mr Gandhi refused special cutlery offered to him by the catering staff and did not accept the flowers presented to him at the station, terming it as the privilege of the executive class passengers.
The railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, was quick to appreciate the move. “It is a good thing. Rahul is a good boy,” she said.