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.