Rahul Gandhi to meet youngsters in Northeast on Valentine's Day

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will spend time with youngsters at Shillong and Aizawl on Valentine's Day tomorrow.

Gandhi will speak to about 600 students at the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) convention hall at around 12.30 pm after landing there in his chopper, official sources said today.

Forty students each from 15 colleges in Shillong, besides 70 others from NEHU would attend the interaction, which would last for about 40 minutes.

He would then fly to Aizawl and would interact with students of Mizoram University besides inaugurating a girls' hostel, the sources said.

Congress sources said Gandhi does not have any party engagement during the visits but may meet workers on the sidelines.

Tight security arrangements have been made for Gandhi’s visit here and no journalist from the print media would be allowed to interact with him during his visit or sit inside the NEHU convention hall when he meets the students.

According to Meghalaya directorate of information and public information only photographers would be allowed inside the hall for the first three minutes.