As campaign fever peaks ahead of Assembly elections in five States, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi headed for a different kind of peak. He landed at Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath on Sunday afternoon, for a three-day visit to the ancient Shiva temple there, nestled in the Himalayas at 11,700 feet above sea level
Though the Congress claims that this is Mr. Gandhi’s ‘very personal’ spiritual journey, the BJP views it as an attempt to copy Prime Minister Narendra Modi who also visited Kedarnath ahead of the 2019 general election and keeps visiting the shrine on occasions such as Diwali.
Mr. Gandhi, who has had a hectic schedule on the campaign trail for many weeks, arrived at Kedarnath by chopper, and is expected to stay at the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam guest house for the next three days, Congress sources said.
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