Gandhis seek divine intervention

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="28.2%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/506665.cms" alt="/photo/506665.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Priyanka Vadra and Rahul Gandhi</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">JAMMU: Perhaps having realised that offering prayers at the religious shrines helps in Indian politics, <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/447258.cms" target="_blank">Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi</a> on Thursday undertook a journey to <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/274770.cms" target="_blank">Vaishno Devi</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">They were accompanied by Priyanka''s husband, Robert Vadra, and their daughter.SPG security guarded the Gandhi siblings as they undertook the journey on foot from Katra and appeared to be enjoying the climb to the shrine. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">They were kept away from pilgrims by the security personnel. Occasionally, however, the two waved to the crowd that recognised them.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">One of the officials accompanying the two observed that they were on a private visit. Even <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/446632.cms" target="_blank">Rahul and Priyanka</a> responded with silence to queries by the media about the purpose of their visit.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Their grandmother Indira Gandhi used to visit the shrine before the start of her political campaigns. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">However, <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/articleshow/499779.cms" target="_blank">Sonia Gandhi</a> could not make it to the shrine in July last as the weather had played spoil sport.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">But the visit of Rahul and Priyanka has triggered speculation that it is to seek the blessings of the deity ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold=""><formid=367815></formid=367815></span></div> </div>