Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday joined her son Rahul Gandhi for a two-day private visit to Kashmir and chose the idyllic Nigeen Lake’s famous houseboat, ‘The Jewel in Crown’, to stay in.
Top Congress leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, including Congress Working Committee members G. A. Mir and Tariq Hamed Karra, received Ms. Gandhi at the Srinagar airport.
Former Union Minister Saifudin Soz, and ex-Ministers Raman Bhalla and Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed were also present on the occasion.