The birthday cake was there but the birthday boy wasn't there.
It was celebration time at the AICC headquarters here with Rahul Gandhi turning forty as party workers celebrated the occasion by cutting a 40-kg cake and distributing sweets.
Dancing to drumbeats and raising slogans for Gandhi, hailing him as the future leader of the country, Congress workers brought a 40-kg cake to mark the Amethi MP's birthday.
The workers themselves cut the cakes and distributed it among each other even as drum beats reached to a frenzy. They also distributed 'ladoos' to onlookers and supporters alike.
The AICC General Secretary is currently out of Delhi.
Born on June 19, 1970, Rahul is a second time MP from Amethi.
Gandhi is looking after party affairs as in-charge of NSUI and Youth Congress and has so far declined to be part of the Union Cabinet, preferring to focus on strengthening the organisation.
Even as the workers celebrated the birthday, there was no official celebration planned at the AICC headquarters.
