‘A RARE OPPORTUNITY’

LUCKNOW : Mohammad Salim, along with his grand-daughters, rode a bicycle to the Lalbagh crossing, intent on not missing the ‘rare opportunity’ to see Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi together in the state capital.“I have never seen Rahul and Priyanka together in Lucknow. Only on news channels, have I seen them together.

It is a rare occasion when they are visiting the city together, that too for a roadshow,” said Salim. Harpreet Singh, a Sikh from Lakhimpur Kheri district, said Priyanka’s political debut just before Lok Sabha polls was good for the Congress.

Iqbal Singh, who accompanied Harpreet, said the duo (Rahul and Priyanka) had the potential to take on the SP-BSP alliance and the Modi-Shah combination in the Lok Sabha poll.

Congress leader Shailendra Singh, who came from Bahraich, said, “Presence of crowd on streets of Lucknow is an indication of change in perception about the Congress.”