Amid hectic campaigning schedule for Congress in Karnataka for the May 12 Assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took time out to savour ice-cream in Bengaluru after a long day on the election trail.
Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to share his experience. He wrote, “This ice cream parlour in Bengaluru was a great place to end a long day on the campaign trail!”.
Rahul Gandhi made a promise to return soon to the ice cream parlour and said: “The ice cream here is amazing and the staff friendly and helpful. I enjoyed meeting the owner and some of his customers. Look forward to being back soon!”.
This ice cream parlour in Bengaluru was a great place to end a long day on the campaign trail! The ice cream here is amazing and the staff friendly and helpful. I enjoyed meeting the owner and some of his customers. Look forward to being back soon! pic.twitter.com/WaqgPNp4cO
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 9, 2018
This is the not first time Rahul Gandhi has shed his VVIP trappings and mingled with the ‘aam aadmi’.
In an effort to reach out to the voters of the country’s IT hub for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly polls, Gandhi ditched his security rules to climb aboard a Metro train from the station at Vidhana Soudha. Inside a crowded coach, he stood holding on to a bar and chatted with fellow commuters.
The Congress president had bought the ticket at the station and took a selfie with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah before boarding the jam-packed train.
Congress President @RahulGandhi takes time out for a selfie during a ride on the #NammaMetro in Bengaluru. #BengaluruNammaHemme #JanaAashirwadaYatre pic.twitter.com/A6tq6msmHW
— Congress (@INCIndia) April 8, 2018
The same day, he visited a book store called ‘Book Worm’, where Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah bought six books for Rahul Gandhi. On the same day, he visited popular food joint Koshy’s on St Marks Road that proudly displays photos of visits from Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi — Rahul Gandhi’s great-grandfather and grandmother.
The Congress president also savoured kulfi from a roadside ice-cream parlour outside Koshy’s. Rahul Gandhi had stopped at a roadside parlour in Bengaluru also for some kulfi.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi stops by for a post-lunch kulfi in Bengaluru. #JanaAashirwadaYatre #BengaluruNammaHemme pic.twitter.com/KUZyMIGZOF
— Congress (@INCIndia) April 8, 2018
Karnataka with 28 constituencies is scheduled to hold Assembly elections on 12 May, while results will be declared on 15 May.
There are 224 seats in the Assembly, of which 36 are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) and 15 for Scheduled Tribes (ST). A total of 4,96,82,357 voters will decide the fate of 2,655 candidates.