Rahul Gandhi arrives to a rousing welcome in Hyderabad

All India Congress Committee vice president Rahul Gandhi arrived to a rousing reception from the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) leadership, ahead of the Chalo Sangareddy public meeting on Thursday afternoon.

Considering the Special Protection Group security cover, only those with special passes were allowed into the airport. Even then, unlike earlier occasions, mediapersons were denied entry into the complex, what with the City police assisting the SPG with heavy bandobust.

Those who were present at the airport to receive



him were Leaders of the party in the Legislature Mohd. Ali Shabbir (Council) and K. Jana Reddy (Assembly), Chairman of the AICC's SC Cell, K. Raju, TPCC President N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and a host of senior leaders, including elected members.

At the entrance to the airport complex, Mr. Gandhi was accorded a traditional welcome by those from Mahila Congress who applied vermilion on his forehead. As the convoy took right right turn out of the airport, the road was choked with a large number of motorcyclists waving flags riding ahead of the VIP car.