The Congress Vice-President was spotted on Race Course on Thursday night taking his dogs for a ride around 10 pm by a volunteer of a known animal shelter.
'Indies' or 'desis' are stray dogs adopted off-the-street and this has won Rahul brownie points from animal activists, who have been campaigning against the breeder-pedigree network and the abandonment of pedigrees when sick or old.
The volunteer, who was with her friends, spotted Rahul at a traffic signal and had a quick chat with him about his dogs and before it ended she and her friends were "smitten".
She couldn't, however, remember what Rahul was wearing or which car he was driving. Or its colour.
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"I saw the dogs and started the conversation (with Rahul). It was dark and I don't know which car it was," she said, adding "the dogs were Indies and one of them was in the front trying to hop to the rear."
Within an hour of spotting Rahul with his dogs there was a post on the shelter's official Facebook page. "A perfect end to any day! Was waiting on a redlight (sic) today when a car slowly comes to a halt next to me. In it, 4 excited stray dogs are clearly being taken for a joy ride by their owner. When I look at the driver, he bears a striking resemblance to Rahul Gandhi, but of course it couldn't be... But then again, it is!" posted the shelter quoting their volunteer.