Congress party’s national General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday paid surprise visit to Gujarat.

Gandhi reached central Gujarat’s Anand based Institute of Rural Management(IRMA) and attended a closed door meeting organised by Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) in the morning. The institute is hosting a two-day long consultation on “the challenges of negotiating India’s rural transformation: Evolving strategies for IRMA’s response” which started on Tuesday.

As soon as Rahul entered the campus, his security persons took control of the main gate of the institute and didn’t allow media persons to enter inside.

Rahul Gandhi was beard, and on driving seat of the black SUV when he arrived. He was not dressed in his identical political white kurta/payjama dress but was in shirt and trouser.He drove himself from Ahmedabad airport to Anand. He was noting important points in his personal diary during eight hour workshop. He took lunch with other participants in the workshop itself. Rahul left Anand at around 5:30 and went back to Delhi through Ahmedabad airport at 7:40 pm.

Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi were out of India for a week time, which had created controversy. After their arrival in India, Rahul Gandhi resurfaced for the first time in public today in Gujarat.

It should be mentioned that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s one of the daughters had studied in IRMA.