'Apni Baat Rahul Ke Saath': When Cong prez stunned students at a restaurant

The interaction was a slightly tweaked version of similar interactions Gandhi had before launching the Congress' manifesto ahead of the 2014 national election.

In what is seen by many as the Congress' answer to the Prime Minister's Mann Ki Baat, the party on Tuesday afternoon posted a short clip on social media that shows its president Rahul Gandhi, dressed casually in black, talking to a group of students in a Delhi restaurant. After introducing himself, the 48-year-old says, "Welcome to the first episode of 'Apni Baat Rahul Ke Saath'." Congress leaders later said it was an impromptu conversation — the students were told that a leader of the party would talk to them, but they were stunned when it turned out to be