Amethi: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband got a real taste of rural Indian life - a thatched house, village fare and a rope cot to sleep on - when he along with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spent last night in the
house of a Dalit family here.
Miliband, who was invited by the AICC General Secretary to his Parliamentary constituency to have a feel of rural India, took him to Semra village in Bhetua block to spend the night.
The two young leaders had some village food with the rural folk before retiring on a 'charpai' in the house of Shiv Kumari and Karma. The house was a typical village household complete with cows and buffaloes.
Earlier, the two interacted with women of the self help groups (SHG) and tried to know their problems.
Miliband had on Wednesday visited a number of villages and seen a literacy programme, dairy development activities and also interacted with the media at Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital before leaving the guest house for the night stay.
Their programme was kept as a closely guarded secret by local Congress men to avoid media rush which they felt might come in the way of the two leaders freely mingling with villagers.
Miliband will on Thursday attend a programme organised by Self Help Group in Jais before leaving Gandhi's constituency.
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