Congress workers celebrate the birthday of party vice-president Rahul Gandhi at a slum near Kadamkuan Budhmurti on Wednesday. On behalf of the state president, Ashok Chaudhary, the workers distributed books, stationery and sweets among 200 girl children from the underprivileged sections of society. Four girls — Kajal Kumari, Lakshminiya Kumari, Raj Kumari and Radha Kumari — were also given National Savings Certificate worth each Rs 3,500. Congress leaders Jaya Kumar, Rupam Yadav and Anita Yadav were present on the occasion. Party spokesperson Sarwat Zahan Fatma said the children also cut a cake to celebrate Rahul’s 43rd birthday. Other senior leaders present at the event were Prem Chandra Mishra, Vijay Shankar Mishra, Sanjiv Prasad Tony, Awadhesh Kumar Singh, Shyam Sunder Singh Dhiraj and Vinod Sharma. Text by Anand Raj, picture by Ranjeet Kumar Dey