New Delhi: The Congress shared a video of a bulldozer with supporters atop the excavator as Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra completed its Uttar Pradesh leg on Thursday.
Sharing a video of the excavator, Congress captioned it on Twitter writing, “Now even the bulldozer has got the colour of love.”
This comes a day after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said bulldozers can be a sign of peace and growth by enforcing law and order.
CM Adityanath made this remark in Mumbai when media persons asked him about his “Bulldozer Baba” moniker.
Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi, who completed the UP leg and entered Panipat in neighbouring Haryana through Kairana in the Shamli district, said the “outpouring of support” from the residents have given warmth amid the cold winter.
Rahul’s message was shared by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Twitter.
The Wayanad MP slammed the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, alleging a “systematic effort to silence questions”.
“It is very difficult for people to talk openly about these problems in Uttar Pradesh. There is a systematic effort to silence questions, and distract attention by pitting Indians against each other on the lines of caste, religion, language, food and dress,” news agency ANI quoted Gandhi as saying.
Rahul said that unemployment is one of the biggest problems in Uttar Pradesh, that has left the youth “desperately looking for jobs and security”.
He further said that the “misguided policies” of the Centre have “diminished” employment opportunities in the public and private sectors and cited the Agniveer scheme as an example of the same and pointed out that job security is reducing.
“The Agniveer scheme is an example of what is happening to government jobs — the number of posts is reducing, training is reducing, and job security is reducing. Youth who aspire to serve their country are being treated as a burden instead,” Rahul said.
Gandhi said the people of Uttar Pradesh are angry with the state government which, he alleged, has “betrayed promises.”
“The predominantly small farmers of UP have been struggling with issues like rising costs, no MSP, stray cattle, diminished procurements of rice and delayed payments for sugarcane. They are angry with the government, which tried to crush their voices during the farm law agitation, and then has betrayed promises to solve their issues,” he said.