<p>A day after his mother flew to Mumbai in the economy class, Rahul boarded the train this morning from the New Delhi Railway Station to travel to the northern industrial city.<br /><br />Rahul refused to accept flowers presented to him at the station, saying it was the privilege of the executive class passengers and also demanded that he be served water in a plastic cup like other passengers.<br /><br />Passengers travelling by the train were elated to know that the young leader was travelling with them.<br /><br />"It is good that Rahul Gandhi is travelling with common people. He will get to see our problems first hand," a male passenger said.<br /><br />A woman travelling in the same coach said, "I am feeling great after hearing that I will travel with Rahul Gandhi".<br /><br />Railway officials said that Rahul will be served 'parathas,' curd, 'idli,' 'vada' and fruits.<br />However, this menu was exclusively for him, the officials said, adding that any specific requests by Rahul will be gladly met. <br /><br />Rahul is going to the city to inaugurate a four-day camp of young Congressmen.<br />The AICC general secretary will return to the national capital by the same train in the evening.<br /><br />Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who was behind the decision to ask two ministers S M Krishna and Shashi Tharoor to move to modest accommodation from their five-star dwelling afer a media expose, yesterday flew to Mumbai in a commercial flight in an ordinary class seat to participate in a party function in the financial hub.</p>
<p>A day after his mother flew to Mumbai in the economy class, Rahul boarded the train this morning from the New Delhi Railway Station to travel to the northern industrial city.<br /><br />Rahul refused to accept flowers presented to him at the station, saying it was the privilege of the executive class passengers and also demanded that he be served water in a plastic cup like other passengers.<br /><br />Passengers travelling by the train were elated to know that the young leader was travelling with them.<br /><br />"It is good that Rahul Gandhi is travelling with common people. He will get to see our problems first hand," a male passenger said.<br /><br />A woman travelling in the same coach said, "I am feeling great after hearing that I will travel with Rahul Gandhi".<br /><br />Railway officials said that Rahul will be served 'parathas,' curd, 'idli,' 'vada' and fruits.<br />However, this menu was exclusively for him, the officials said, adding that any specific requests by Rahul will be gladly met. <br /><br />Rahul is going to the city to inaugurate a four-day camp of young Congressmen.<br />The AICC general secretary will return to the national capital by the same train in the evening.<br /><br />Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who was behind the decision to ask two ministers S M Krishna and Shashi Tharoor to move to modest accommodation from their five-star dwelling afer a media expose, yesterday flew to Mumbai in a commercial flight in an ordinary class seat to participate in a party function in the financial hub.</p>