Sonia Gandhi to attend Kerala's famed boat race

After three months of hectic parliamentary schedule, Congress president Sonia Gandhi [ Images ] will take day off from her busy schedule on Saturday to witness the famed Nehru Trophy Boat Race at Alappuzha in Kerala [ Images ]

It will be a walk down the memory line for Sonia when she lands at Kuttanad where she visited with her husband Rajiv Gandhi [ Images ]  in 1985. They were on a study tour to learn about India [ Images ] after Rajiv became the prime minister.

The couple then took a boat ride through the backwaters and interacted with people from all walks of life. A boat race was specially organised for them at Pulinkunnu in Kuttanad.