Lucknow: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will on Friday meet the family of Hariom Valmiki, a Dalit man who was allegedly lynched earlier this month in Raebareli district after being mistaken for a thief, Congress leaders said.

For the meeting, the Raebareli MP will be briefly visiting Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district where the Valmiki’s family stays.

According to his itinerary, Gandhi will leave Delhi on Friday morning and arrive in Kanpur by a special flight at 8 am.

He will then travel by road to Fatehpur and meet the victim’s family between 9.15 am and 9.45 am, before returning to Kanpur to proceed to Assam to meet the family of singer Zubeen Garg, who died recently in Singapore, Congress leaders said.

Congress’ UP unit president Ajay Rai said Gandhi’s visit aim

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