Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka in Shimla on private visit

Shimla, May 12 (PTI) Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her daughter and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived in Shimla on Friday on a private visit.

They were welcomed by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at Kalyani helipad in the Chhabra suburb of the city.

The chief minister presented Sonia Gandhi a memoir of traditional musical instruments.

They would stay at Vadra’s house at Chhabra in the vicinity of the Rashtrapati Niwas ‘The Retreat’.

The house, which is a blend of English and hill architecture, has grey slate roofs and is located amidst serene surroundings of thick deodar forests.