Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Congress, said he opted to wear only T-shirts during the march after seeing three impoverished girls “shivering in torn clothes” in Madhya Pradesh, amid controversy surrounding his decision to dress warmly during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“People always ask me why I’m wearing a white T-shirt when it’s freezing outside. I’ll explain the rationale. It was hot and muggy in Kerala when the yatra started. But it was a little chilly when we crossed into Madhya Pradesh”.
Speaking at a street corner meeting in Ambala, Haryana, this evening, Mr. Gandhi remarked, “One day three poor girl children in torn clothes came to me…When I held them, they were shivering as they were not wearing proper clothes. On that day, I took a decision that till the time I do not shiver, I will only wear a T-shirt.” Rahul Gandhi stated that he wants to convey those girls a message.
“When I start shivering, then I will think of wearing a sweater. I want to give a message to those three girls that if you are feeling cold, then Rahul Gandhi will also feel cold,” said he.
The Wayanad MP claimed last week that the media is focusing on his wardrobe during the Uttar Pradesh portion of the yatra but is “paying no attention to the poor farmers and labourers walking along with him in damaged clothes.”
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He had uttered “My being in T-shirt is not a real question, the real question is why are the farmers, poor labourers of the country and their children are in torn clothes, T-shirts and without sweaters,” in Bhagpat.
On Monday, Mr. Gandhi also took aim at the PM Fasal Bima Yojana, saying that when impacted beneficiaries go to seek compensation after their crops are destroyed by the whims of nature or for other causes, they discover that the corporation is nowhere to be found.
The former Congress leader went on to claim that one industrialist controls the whole apple trade in Himachal Pradesh, citing newspaper reports. He said that the same businessman controlled the entire apple trade in Jammu and Kashmir as well.
Regarding farmers who participated in demonstrations against the central farm laws that have since been repealed, Mr. Gandhi stated that the Congress party had argued in Parliament that “700 farmers had died during stir against farm laws, at least acknowledge their sacrifice and give them martyr status, but government does not accept they had died.”
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The march is currently travelling through Haryana.
The yatra, which began on September 7 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, will come to an end on January 30 when Gandhi hoists the national flag in Srinagar.
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh have so far been covered by the march.
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