A taste of Hyderabad for Rahul Gandhi

The Congress leader does not fail to taste Hyderabad biryani and chai

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was quite open about how he relished the taste of Hyderabadi biryani and `chai’ in the past. Years ago, he broke his security precautions and rushed to Paradise Hotel in Secunderabad with friends to savour biryani. It made big news.

During his visit to the city on Saturday, he was unfailing in mentioning his liking for the local biryani and chai at the extended general body meeting of State Congress committee at Gandhi Bhavan. The Congress leaders immediately got the wind and ordered biryani from the same Paradise Hotel and tea from Niloufer Cafe at Nampally which was equally famous for the beverage.

Mr. Gandhi was said to have consumed the biryani together with a Coke at the lunch arranged for him in one of the rooms of Gandhi Bhavan immediately after the meeting. He also drank the chai from Niloufer Cafe before taking his special flight back to Delhi.

The Intermediate exams have commenced in the State after much dilly dallying due to clash of dates with the exams of Central agencies.

The exams which generally commenced in March were delayed by nearly two months in the process, resulting in immense mental burden to the students. As though that was not enough, a girl student who went to the exam centre near Jangaon to write her Sanskrit paper was given Hindi exam paper.

The girl sat through the entire duration of three hours and fifteen minutes without writing a word on the answer sheet and narrated the matter to her father who was waiting outside the centre. He took up the issue with the centre in-charge who conveyed the lapse to the secretary of Board of Intermediate Education. The response of the board is still awaited

Looks like political activity in the State is reaching its crescendo much ahead of the election time going by the manner in which high profile leaders of national parties are rushing to address meetings in the State.