As son,as mom: now,Sonia breaks bread with Pasis

In her surprise visit to Mahe Pasi Fort in the Dalmau Assembly constituency on Wed-nesday,UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi sat with the locals,gave an ear to their problems and tasted the biscuits and chura offered by them.

In her surprise visit to Mahe Pasi Fort in the Dalmau Assembly constituency on Wed-nesday,UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi sat with the locals,gave an ear to their problems and tasted the biscuits and chura offered by them.

Gandhis visit has gained political significance as the Pasi Samaj has expressed its resentment over the poor representation of their caste the community comes under the Scheduled Caste category in the state government.

The Pasi Samaj,which has a considerable population in the Salon and Dalmau Assembly constituencies of Rae Bareli,had held a meeting on November 16 last year and demanded the day should be declared a public holiday in the memory of Udadevi,who had fought against the British.

Sonias love for the Mahe Pasi Fort may upset Chief Minister Mayawati, said a source in the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee.

Sonias representative in her Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency,K L Sharma confirmed her visit to the fort. There is a proposal to build a community hall near the fort. She visited to check the site. The people belonging to Pasi caste organise a Mela near the fort, he said.

She wants to develop the fort as a tourist spot. If there is any possibility,she will talk to the Union Tourism department to develop the site, the source said.

She distributed blankets among villagers. This is routine,whenever she visit her constituency,blankets are kept inside the vehicles,the source said.

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Gandhi also collected information about the NREGS,health services and Rajiv Gandhi Vidayutikaran Yojana.

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