Rahul Gandhi shown black flags in Allahabad

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IANS Lucknow
Last Updated : Aug 05 2013 | 10:03 PM IST

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was shown black flags by youth wing members of the BJP in Allahabad during his day-long visit.

Rahul Gandhi was in the city to inaugurate a hospital named after his great grandmother Kamla Nehru, the wife of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yuva Morcha cadres waved black flags in Jhunsi in Allahabad at Rahul Gandhi's motorcade.

The Congress vice president had met with with a similar hostile reception a few years ago in Allahabad when Samajwadi party (SP) youth wing workers had shown him black flags and thrown black balloons at his car.

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First Published: Aug 05 2013 | 9:56 PM IST

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