LoP Rahul Gandhi Joins Kanhaiya Kumar’s ‘Palayan Roko, Naukri Do’ Padyatra In Bihar's Begusarai
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi joined NSUI’s ‘Palayan Roko, Naukri Do’ padyatra in Bihar’s Begusarai, led by Kanhaiya Kumar.
Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi joined the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) – the student wing of the Indian National Congress (INC) party – ongoing 'Palayan Roko, Naukri Do' padyatra the party’s Begusarai district, in Bihar, on Monday. The padyatra is led by NSUI incharge Kanhaiya Kumar.
#WATCH | Bihar | Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi joins NSUI's 'Palayan Roko Naukri Do' Yatra in Begusarai. pic.twitter.com/Eaqn2IyDJH
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Gandhi was seen in the signature while polo t-shirt, he was accompanied by several party leaders, including Kanhaiya Kumar and state party president Rajesh Kumar.
Gandhi arrived at Begusarai from Patna in the morning, where he was received at the Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport by Rajesh Kumar and other senior party leaders.
The LoP will return to Patna, where he will speak at the 'Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan' (Save the Constitution Symposium). After which, he is scheduled to visit Sadaqat Ashram, the Bihar Congress headquarters, where he will address party workers.
This was Gandhi’s third visit since January, during which he urged his party workers to "inflict an ideological defeat" on the BJP in the assembly polls due later this year.
The Raebareli MP shared a minute-long video message on X on Sunday, he urged the youth of Bihar to join him in the march in Begusarai wearing "white T-shirts".
"Our aim is to draw the attention of the world to the plight of Bihar's youth, who find government jobs getting scarce day by day and privatisation bringing no benefits. Let us bring the government in the state under pressure and change it," he said in the video.
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Begusarai is also Kanhaiya Kumar’s home town and the star attraction of the padyatra, which began in the East Champaran district last month. The former JNU students' union president had unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls on a Communist Party of India (CPI) ticket from the seat.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh claimed that the Congress MP would be awed by the development in Bihar under Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
He said that Gandhi “should seek atonement instead”. He said that despite ruling India for 60 years they always “raised the slogan of removing poverty, but they couldn't eradicate poverty”.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government lifted 25 crore poor people above the poverty line.
“In Begusarai, his father had said that they would open petrochemicals facility in 1985, but nothing ever happened. His eyes will be dazzled when he sees PM Narendra Modi's roads and Nitish Kumar's development in Bihar," the Union Minister added.
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