President's train reaches Lucknow

June 28, 2021 14:32

President Ram Nath Kovind doing more to popularise long-distance train travel in India than any other leader in recent times.

The President and the First Lady arrived at Lucknow railway station this afternoon. The Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath received the President on his arrival at Lucknow Railway Station.

President Kovind on Friday had embarked on a train journey to visit his birthplace in Uttar Pradesh, where he will interact with his old acquaintances from school days and the early days of his social service.

It would be after a gap of 15 years that an incumbent president is travelling by train.

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