Rahul and Priyanka seen enjoying street food with the Hooda family; Former CM Hooda hosts Lunch at Delhi residence

New Delhi, February 6, 2026: More than 85 MPs from various parties, along with most of the Congress MLAs and former MPs, former MLAs, and former ministers from Haryana, attended a lunch hosted by former Haryana Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda at his Delhi residence, 15, Talkatora Road, on Friday.

Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress General Secretary and MP Priyanka Gandhi were also present. Besides prominent political figures, many leading personalities from the press and media were also in attendance. During the event, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi visited various stalls with Bhupinder Hooda and MP Deepender Hooda, enjoying a variety of delicious dishes. They spent about an hour with the Hooda family.

Setting aside party politics, prominent leaders from various parties enjoyed authentic Haryanvi cuisine. The gathering of renowned political and media figures at Hooda's residence, just a short distance from the Indian Parliament, and their enjoyment of the delicious food, was also a trending topic of discussion on social media. Former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, His Wife Asha Hooda and MP Deepender Hooda were seen warmly welcoming the guests.

Besides Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, other prominent attendees included Jaya Bachchan, Sachin Pilot, Milind Deora, and B.K. Hariprasad, Saugata Roy, Mukul Wasnik, Manish Tewari, Salman Khurshid, Sandeep Dikshit, Digvijay Singh, Manoj Kumar Jha, Praful Patel, Rajiv Shukla, Anand Sharma, Janardan Dwivedi, Harendra Malik, Kishori Lal Sharma, Mohammad Javed, Jothimani Sennimalai, T Sumathi, Jitu Patwari, Harish Chaudhary, S Venkatesh, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Pramod Tiwari, Ummedaram Beniwal, Harish Meena, Nasir Hussain, Rao Narendra, Raghav Chadha, Mahua Moitra, Gurdeep Sappal, Akshay Yadav, Neeraj Dangi, Manoj Kumar Sasaram, Sanjana Jatav, Ujjwal Raman Singh, Dharmendra Yadav, Imran Pratapgarhi, Ranjita Ranjan, Pappu Chaudhary, Shashikant Senthil, Pawan Khera, Ashwani Kumar, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Supriya Shrinate, along with Haryana Congress MLAs, MPs, former MLAs, former ministers, former MPs, district presidents, and hundreds of other dignitaries.