Sonia Gandhi Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in Shimla
Shimla/UNI: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi arrived in the Himachal Pradesh capital Monday on a private visit.
She was expected to stay at Charabara with Congress party leader and her daughter Priyanka Gandhi who is in the town for the last one week, police officers posted on protocol duty told UNI.
Gandhi reached Chandigarh by air and then took the road to Shimla.
The 75-year-old party chief recently attended the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi.
Gandhi's visit to Shimla comes at a time when the party central screening committee is taking final call on tickets for the upcoming Assembly Elections.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has a cottage near the Rashtrapati Niwas at Chharbara outskirt of Shimla town and she celebrated Diwali there last year.
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