NEW DELHI: Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday joined the party’s ongoing ‘Palayan Roko, Naukri Do’ padyatra in Bihar’s Begusarai district. NSUI national in-charge Kanhaiya Kumar accompanied the Congress leader during the ‘White T-shirt’ yatra.
Earlier today, the Rae-Bareli MP asked the youth to wear white t-shirts to put pressure on the Bihar government. This is Rahul Gandhi’s third Bihar tour since January.
“Young friends of Bihar, I will be coming to Begusarai on April 7th to join you in the ‘Roko Palayan, Do Naukri’ campaign, walking shoulder to shoulder with you. The goal is to show the world the spirit of Bihar’s youth, their struggles, and their hardships,” he wrote in a post on X.
“Come wearing a White T-Shirt, ask questions, raise your voice–to put pressure on the government for your rights, to hold them accountable. Let’s come together and make Bihar a state of opportunities,” he said.
“The issues you face–unemployment, inflation, paper leaks, and the reduction in government jobs one after another, along with privatization that doesn’t benefit you–are the reasons we are on this campaign. This is called the “Palayan Yatra.” Come and join us wearing a white t-shirt so that the world can see the emotions of Bihar’s youth and put pressure on the Bihar government. We want to mobilize the energy of Bihar’s youth and build a new Bihar,” he added.
BJP takes jibe at Rahul
Union minister Nityanand Rai attacked the Congress leader, taking a jibe at him, saying, “Rahul Gandhi has come to Bihar. Wherever he goes, he first creates problems for his alliance and his party. Here, he has come to create problems for Tejashwi Yadav. Lalu Ji’s party established the ‘jungle raj’. The people of Bihar have rejected corrupt people. They want development.”
Before Gandhi’s Bihar visit, Union minister Giriraj Singh said that the Congress leader would be awed by the development in Bihar under Prime Minister Modi and chief minister Nitish Kumar.
“He (Rahul Gandhi) should seek atonement instead. Congress ruled for 60 years and raised the slogan of removing poverty, but they couldn’t eradicate poverty. The Narendra Modi government has 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,” Singh said.
