Sonepat (Haryana), Mar 1 : United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a women's medical college in the Bhagat Phool Singh University campus in Khanpur Kalan, Haryana.

She also unveiled a statue of Bhagat Phool Singh on the occasion.

A large number of armed police and security personnel were deployed for the visit.

Duty magistrates monitored the law and order situation.

Gandhi was scheduled to visit the village on February 9, but her visit was cancelled on account of the death of Chaudhary Ranbir Singh Hooda, the father of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. (ANI)