89 years after Gandhiji, Rahul visits Akola, says it's a 'happy coincidence'
When asked by mediapersons whether the visit today (November 17), was planned or otherwise, Gandhi smiled and said it was sheer chance that brought him there on the same day as Gandhiji after 89 years.
"No, it was nothing planned, it's a coincidence and I am happy... Gandhiji was a great figure who gave direction to the whole country, but I am a nobody... Please don't resort to any comparisons, it would be very wrong," Gandhi appealed.
The Congress leader was addressing a press conference - his sixth during the Bharat Jodo Yatra so far - here in the afternoon and took a wide variety of questions from the large contingent of regional and national media.
