A huge crowd had gathered at the airport to welcome the leaders
He is accompanied by senior party leaders including Bhupesh Baghel, Charanjit Channi, KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala.
After initially denying permission to Rahul Gandhi to visit Lakhimpur Kheri, the Uttar Pradesh government has now allowed him and Priyanka Gandhi to visit the district.
Priyanka Gandhi has been in detention at the PAC compound in Sitapur since Monday morning
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he will visit Lucknow and Lakhimpur Kheri along with Chief Ministers of Punjab and Chhattisgarh despite being denied permission by the administration
Addressing a press conference, Gandhi said he along with Bhupesh Baghel and Charanjit Singh Channi will try to visit Lakhimpur Kheri to meet the families hit by the violence.
The UP govt, late on Tuesday night, denied permission to a Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi to visit Lakhimpur Kheri as Section 144 has been enforced there after Sunday's violence
A 5-member delegation of the Congress Party led by Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit UP's Lakhimpur Kheri on Wednesday to meet families of victims killed in a violent incident on Sunday, sources said
The authenticity of the video has not yet been verified. While Rahul Gandhi shared the purported footage on Facebook, Priyanka Gandhi as well as AAP leader Sanjay Singh posted the video on Twitter.
A day after a violent clash in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri left four farmers dead, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said farmers will win this fight for justice
Ahead of Meghalaya by-polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday met former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and Lok Sabha MP Vincent H Pala
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the government over alleged Chinese incursions in Ladakh and Uttarakhand.
Upset with some appointments after Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi took charge, Sidhu had resigned as the Punjab Congress Chief
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday paid tributes to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 152nd birth anniversary.
He was speaking at the inauguration of a Recreation Centre for senior citizens in Kozhikode district of Kerala
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday launched an attack on Rahul Gandhi and wondered who in the party is taking decisions.
Gandhi claimed that this was leading to "shattering" of the idea of India
He said there is a sense of urgency to save the country and the youth should create an atmosphere in this regard
Kumar is a member of the CPI national executive, a top decision-making body of the party
Gandhi on Monday said the farmers' non-violent 'satyagraha' is still resolute but the "exploitative" government does not like this and that is why a 'Bharat Bandh' has been called