Rahul leaves for Diphu

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has left for Diphu to meet the Congress men in the hills state.

Accompanied by chief minister Tarun Gogoi, Gandhi is scheduled to hold talks with senior party leaders along with a group of youths in the hills district amid 12 hour Karbi Anglong bandh.

At around 10 in the morning, Gandhi landed at the Borjhar Airport and was received by Tarun Gogoi along with Bhubneswar Kalita and Avinash Pandey.

Then he straightly left for Diphu by a helicopter.