He also took part in paddy sowing, drove a tractor and ate food brought by women labourers working in the fields, party leaders from the state said
Gandhi reached the village amid a light drizzle at 6.40 am and spent nearly two-and-a-half hours there, they said
"It was an impromptu visit ... He interacted with the villagers and the farmers working in the fields. Rahulji also took part in paddy sowing and drove a tractor," Jagbeer Singh Malik, the Congress' MLA from Gohana in Sonipat, told PTI over phone
"We did not have prior information about his visit. But we have in the past also seen him making such unscheduled stops to know first-hand the concerns and problems of a cross-section of society -- be it truck drivers, women, students and other sections," the legislator said
In pictures tweeted by the Congress' official handle, Gandhi was seen in his familiar white t-shirt and trousers. Rolling up his trousers and with his shoes in hand, Gandhi walked on the muddy tracks and the irrigated fields with the villagers
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