Congress chief Rahul Gandhi shared a video from his newest ‘yatra’ with the truck drivers to perceive their issues whereas travelling on the Delhi-Chandigarh freeway. He took the journey final Monday from Delhi to Chandigarh to pay attention to the issues confronted by truck drivers.
In the video, he may be seen donning his trademark white T-shirt and sitting inside a truck subsequent to a driver driving with the others whereas he will also be seen 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 mentioned in a tweet in Hindi whereas sharing a 35-second video of him in the course of the journey. Gandhi additionally shared the hyperlink to the entire video of his journey on his YouTube web page.Â
Continuing his interplay with folks identical to in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi met and spoke with a bunch of truck drivers at a dhaba in Murthal on NH-44, and travelled on a truck from there to Chandigarh, whereas on his method to Shimla, the social gathering mentioned.
During the dialog with drivers, he determined to accompany Prem Rajpoot from Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh in his truck. Gandhi had a beautiful dialog with Rajpoot and his companion Rakesh that made the six hours move very quickly, a press release from the social gathering mentioned. The full video narrates a narrative that three crore Indians are instantly employed within the truck business and reviews recommend that yearly there’s a demand for 9 lakh new truck drivers.
However, in accordance to an unbiased research, about 98 % of truck drivers, like Prem Rajpoot, a Lodhi Youth from UP, don’t need their relations to be a part of their occupation. The similar report additionally suggests most of them complained of harassment by police, and low and irregular earnings, the video said.
The story that these figures replicate is identical story that was retold by the truck drivers to Gandhi, who assured them that the following Congress authorities will do its greatest to enhance their plight, the social gathering mentioned. Gandhi has been assembly folks and listening to the voice of widespread 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 folks from numerous sections of society, persevering with his course of of listening to folks like in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
(With inputs from PTI)
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