Rahul visits alma mater as nephew chairs ‘Lok Sabha’
DEHRADUN: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi reached his alma mater The Doon School on Friday where his nephew Raihan Vadra was chairing the “Lok Sabha” at the 11th Doon School Model United Nations (DSMUN) Conference.
Raihan, Rahul’s sister Priyanka Vadra’s son, is heading the ‘Lok Sabha’ – one of the 14 committees at the conference, an educational simulation of the United Nations where students debate contemporary issues.
More than 500 delegates from over 40 schools across three countries are participating in the three-day conference that commenced on Friday. The programme was kept out of bounds for the media. “It was a private visit for (Rahul) Gandhi who attended the DSMUN in which his nephew (a Class 12 humanities student) is participating,” a school official told HT.
Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Jollygrant air- port to a rousing welcome by a large number of Congress leaders and workers. From there, he left straight for the school. He was accompanied by his sister.“Both Priyanka and Rahul had lunch on the campus and then took a tour around the school, which is set in the (69-acre) Chandbagh Estate,” a source at the school told HT.
“Raihan is not only bright academically, but is also active outside the classroom and loves photography and shooting… it’s his last year at the school so Rahul decided to visit him,” the source said. JALANDHAR: A two-year-old girl of Thamanwal village near Bilga town, 45 km from district headquarters, tested positive for swine flu on Friday. As per the health department the total toll has reached seven. Dishita Rattu was detected positive for the H1N1 virus at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) Ludhiana hospital. On receiving the information, district epidemiologist Dr Satish Kumar, Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) head Dr Preet Kamal and provided the patient with anti swine flu drug and made her family aware of the precautions to take.
Both officials said that the virus is communicable and one should immediately go for a medical checkup if any symptoms are visible.