Congress' star campaigner and Amethi parliamentarian Rahul Gandhi on Monday entered the Bharatiya Janata Party stronghold of Lucknow to campaign for his party's candidates.
After addressing an election meeting in Mohanlalganj near the capital city, Rahul flew down to Lucknow to take out his familiar roadshow on the streets of the city of nawabs.
The district administration, fearing for the MP's security, has asked him not to travel on top of his Toyota SUV after sunset. He has been asked to stay inside the vehicle in the last lap of his roadshow in Lucknow.
Congress workers lamented that Rahul's cavalcade of cars travelled much faster than the 'usual speed,' which snatched the opportunity to get up and close with him. In the first part of the roadshow, not many party workers could gather at the meeting points to welcome him.
The four Congress candidates from the city were made to sit next to him in his vehicle as they passed through the constituencies they are contesting from.
In the city, the four seats have sitting legislators from