New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday shared a video of his in a single day “yatra” with truck drivers and the conversations he had with them whereas travelling on the Delhi-Chandigarh freeway. The Congress chief undertook the journey final Monday from Delhi to Chandigarh to hearken to the issues confronted by truck drivers. Donning his trademark white T-shirt, Gandhi, within the video, is seen sitting inside a truck, travelling with a driver and talking to drivers at a dhaba. “Interesting conversation with truck drivers in a six-hour Delhi-Chandigarh journey! Spending 24 hours on the road, he unites every corner of India,” he stated in a tweet in Hindi whereas sharing a 35-second video of him through the journey.
Gandhi additionally shared the hyperlink to the entire video of his journey on his YouTube web page.
6 घंटो की दिल्ली-चंडीगढ़ यात्रा में ट्रक ड्राइवरों के साथ दिलचस्प बातचीत!
24 घंटे सड़कों पर बिताकर, वो भारत के हर कोने को जोड़ते हैं।
पूरा वीडियो यूट्यूब पर:https://t.co/2O2eYxuj0P pic.twitter.com/ZBDe7UaYot
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 29, 2023
Continuing his interplay with individuals identical to through the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi met and spoke with a gaggle of truck drivers at a dhaba in Murthal on NH-44, and travelled on a truck from there to Chandigarh, whereas on his technique to Shimla, the celebration stated.
During the dialog with drivers, he determined to accompany Prem Rajpoot from Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh in his truck. Gandhi had an exquisite dialog with Rajpoot and his companion Rakesh that made the six hours go very quickly, a press release from the celebration stated.
The full video narrates a narrative that three crore Indians are straight employed within the truck business and experiences recommend that yearly there’s a demand for 9 lakh new truck drivers.
However, in line with an impartial examine, about 98 per cent of truck drivers, like Prem Rajpoot, a Lodhi Youth from UP, are not looking for their members of the family to affix their occupation. The identical report additionally suggests most of them complained of harassment by police, and low and irregular revenue, the video acknowledged.
The story that these figures mirror is identical story that was retold by the truck drivers to Gandhi, who assured them that the subsequent Congress authorities will do its finest to enhance their plight, the celebration stated. Gandhi has been assembly individuals and listening to the voice of frequent Indians frequently.
From visiting Old Delhi and college students of Mukherjee Nagar and Delhi University to taking to a BMTC Bus and Blinkit Bike experience in Bengaluru, he has actively engaged with individuals from varied sections of society, persevering with his strategy of listening to individuals like through the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
