Locals block Rahul's cavalcade

Demanding Fursatganj to be made a schedule stop of an intercity express, residents of the area today blocked cavalcade of senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Demanding Fursatganj to be made a schedule stop of an intercity express, residents of the area on Wednesday blocked cavalcade of senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

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Locals blocked cavalcade of Gandhi, who was on a one-day visit to Amethi, demanding that Fursatganj railway station be made a regular halt of Pratapgarh-Kanpur Intercity Express, party members here said.

Rahul assured the residents that he will forward their demand to the authorities concerned, they said.