Lucknow, Sep 3 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday made a sudden call on Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi and informed him of some complaints made by people in his constituency.
Even as he was scheduled to fly back to New Delhi after spending three days in his parliamentary constituency, Amethi, about 140 km from here, Gandhi chose to take a detour to meet Joshi.
During his 40-minute stay at Raj Bhawan, he was stated to have given to the governor a bunch of complaints he had received from his constituents in Amethi.
Gandhi was understood to have also conveyed his concern over ‘the deterioration in the state’s law and order situation, particularly over the past three and a half years of Mayawati rule.’
According to informed sources, the governor assured Gandhi that he would have each of the issues raised by him looked into.
Earlier, Gandhi abandoned his plans to make surprise inspections of some development schemes in certain parts of his constituency and flew back to New Delhi.