India, Feb. 19 -- The Sultanpur cobbler, who Rahul Gandhi met during a visit to the Uttar Pradesh district last year, travelled to Delhi with his family to meet the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha at his home.

Gandhi invited the 60-year-old Ramchet to his home as a gesture for the hospitality he received in Sultanpur. Everything for the cobbler's visit, including the family tickets to and from Delhi as well as food and accommodation was arranged, a news agency PTI report said.

Ramchet said that he had been asking for a meeting with Rahul Gandhi for months and now it finally happened.

A car picked up Ramchet, his son, elder grandson, daughter and son-in-law, and took them to Gandhi's residence upon reaching Delhi.

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