How a victim met Gandhis one-on-one after making an assistance request
The Congress leader was touring the Meppadi Higher Secondary School relief camp, which has been housing more than 800 persons evacuated from Wayanad's landslide-affected districts for the past two days.
Recalling his accidental encounter with former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, Unnikrishnan, a victim of a landslide, said, "When I said "humko bachao (rescue us)", he stopped abruptly and came towards me.
The Congress leader was touring the Meppadi Higher Secondary School relief camp, which has been housing more than 800 persons evacuated from Wayanad's landslide-affected districts for the past two days.
Gandhi traveled with his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who will run in the next by-election from Wayanad. Following his victories over Rae Bareli and Wayanad in the most recent Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi relinquished his seat.
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