Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met farmers and helped them transplant paddy during an impromptu stop at Sonepat’s Madina village, on the way to Shimla from Delhi on Saturday morning. The former Congress MP also drove a tractor and interacted with the farmers amid the drizzling.
Sanjay Kumar, a farmer from Madina village, which falls under Sonepat’s Baroda constituency, said he was surprised to see the cavalcade suddenly stop near his fields and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi emerging out of the vehicle.
Sanjay said initially labourers and women, who were transplanting paddy could not identify Rahul Gandhi. When he along with his staff came into the fields the farmers were very happy. The farmers served him breakfast and he also drove a tractor. He asked the farmers what problems they were facing.
After hearing of Rahul Gandhi’s visit, Congress’s Baroda MLA Induraj Narwal and Gohana MLA Jagbir Malik also reached the fields. Gohana Malik said they were happy to see Rahul Gandhi in the fields. He said Rahul is a leader who is trying to know problems of workers, labourers, truck drivers, women and other sections of the society.
Meanwhile Haryana agriculture minister JP Dalal took a dig at Rahul Gandhi and said the Congress prince could understand the real hardwork of farmers by doing one hour work with them hot noon with temperature hovering 45 degree Celsius instead of shooting photos in good weather. Dalal added if Gandhi had worked in 45 degree, he would not have needed to go to Shimla instead he would have felt sane under a tree
Continuing his public outreach movement ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, is reaching out to the public in a bid to gather support for Congress ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Recently, he visited a bike mechanic workshop in Delhi’s Karol Bagh area. Gandhi was seen having a conversation with mechanics at the workshop and even trying to repair the broken motorcycles.
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