Budget hotel helps out Sonia

August 04, 2016 13:43

Room no. 102 on the ground floor of Hotel Modern had not been empty. A personal guest of the owner was checked in. But such was the urgency when Sonia Gandhi took ill yesterday during the Varanasi roadshow that it was thrown open for her.

The guest had not been in around 4.30pm when Sonia initially dropped by to use the washroom. But told that she had complained of weakness and needed a room, Surendra Singh, the owner of the budget hotel in Varanasi's Lahurabir area, brought out the master key.

"It is the nearest room from the entrance of the hotel. That was the reason the Special Protection Group asked us to open it. Sonia walked into the hotel by herself. But while leaving, she was helped by her security personnel," a hotel employee told The Telegraph. Read more

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