Rae Bareli, Aug 11 - Congress president and Rae Bareli MP Sonia Gandhi Tuesday visited various rural areas in her constituency to talk to villagers if they have benefited from various central sponsored schemes.

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson visited over a dozen villages on the second day of her three-day tour to Rae Bareil, state congress spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap singh told IANS.

She is visiting the constituency to check development works in the region.

The Congress spokesperson said Gandhi held meetings and inquired about the development works there, particularly about the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), a flagship programme of the UPA government.

'We were surprised to see her and discussed problems with her.