chandigarh five years after he boarded a suburban train in mumbai to show his common touch the ability to get on with ordinary people congress vicepresident rahul gandhi boarded the general compartment of sachkhand express on tuesday on a mission to help distressed farmers of punjab wearing a brown tshirt and jeans rahul boarded the general bogie of train number 12715 from nanded sahib to golden temple in new delhi much to the surprise of 70odd passengers inside as he jumped on to the train there was frenzy for several minutes as amused passengers offered him a seat rahul took one next to the window i am going to your state to find the situation of farmers and their unpicked wheat in markets in khanna and sirhind rahul told copassengers most of them were sikh pilgrims returning from takht nanded sahib one of the five sacred gurdwaras in no time fruit biscuits and homemade chapatis were offered to him kettles were opened and tea poured into plastic cups he drank with the passengers who wasted no time in taking selfies with him at every halt panipat karnal and kurukshetra excited passengers rushed to fetch a variety of local snacks for rahul who readily obligedread also rahul gandhi in khanna capt amarinder singh in amritsar many of them even phoned their relatives to arrive at the station with a bowl of rice and some vegetables he ate black chana green peas and some curd with one maninder singh from beas said a railway staff as the gandhi scion took one kid in his arms passengers casually asked him questions about his marriage plans smiling it aside rahul moved around and chatted with them making polite inquiries about the gurdwaras historical importance their farming equipment and prospects of crop diversification he also signed on an autographseeking girls handread also rahul gandhi slams make in india campaign rahul reached ambala in the evening from where he drove to the grain markets in fategarh sahib districtread also i experienced firelike energy in kedarnath says rahul gandhi in 2010 rahul had taken a mumbai local train from andheri to dadar when the marathi vs migrant issue was hogging the headlines