Rahul Gandhi offers prayers at Ujjain Mahakaleshwar temple; meets protesting BJP workers during yatra

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered prayers at Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar Temple as his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra reached Madhya Pradesh’s pilgrim city

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on March 5 offered prayers at Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar Temple as his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra reached Madhya Pradesh’s pilgrim city.

Mr. Gandhi was accompanied by former Chief Minister and Congress veteran Kamal Nath among other party leaders.

The former Congress president’s visit, however, was met with a crowd present at the temple raising “Modi-Modi” slogans as he was entering the main entrance.

Earlier in the day, a similar incident was witnessed in Shajapur when a group of BJP workers raised slogans in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and even chanted “Jai Shri Ram” in front of the Congress leader.

Mr. Gandhi, however, briefly stopped his vehicle and went to meet the BJP workers and shook hands with them.

Later in Ujjain, he said that he shook hands as it is easy to do away with hatred.

“Today, I met some BJP men. They were shouting and carrying their party flags. But when I got down the car and asked them how they were doing, they stopped shouting and started smiling. And then when I was leaving, they were giving me flying kiss,” he said, addressing the crowd.