Heavy rains, coupled with gusty winds, disrupted Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s poll campaign at Jewargi in Kalaburagi district on April 28. The public meeting for the Karnataka Assembly elections was scheduled to begin at noon, but was delayed by more than two hours.
Thousands of people had turned up from villages in Jewargi and surrounding constituencies for the public meeting. The rain and wind either blew away or brought down the roof of the pandal, and the venue was reduced to a mud pit. Some people left the venue. Yet, thousands of people waited in the rain for two hours to listen to what Mr. Gandhi had to say.
