Why Rahul Gandhi remains in yatra mode as leader of Opposition
The emphasis on direct, personalised interactions comes from him having tasted success with this approach, say party insiders and political commentators.
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Since he took on the mantle of leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been constantly on the move.
On July 5, two days after the opening session of Parliament ended, he travelled to Uttar Pradesh to meet the families of the victims of the Hathras stampede in which 120 people, mostly women, had died.
Earlier, on the same day, Gandhi met a group of loco pilots at the New Delhi railway station. His social media post drawing attention to their working conditions elicited a sharp rebuttal from the Union railways minister, but on the ground, union leaders claimed officials met them and heard their grievances.
The next day, on July 6, he was in another state ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, meeting the families of those killed in the Rajkot fire tragedy. Days after his visit, the chief minister met the families for the first time.
On July 8, Gandhi was in Manipur, visiting relief camps in Jiribam, the latest site of ethnic strife in the state where 219 people have been killed since May last year.
मणिपुर में हिंसा शुरू होने के बाद, मैं तीसरी बार यहां आ चुका हूं, मगर अफसोस स्थिति में कोई सुधार नहीं है - आज भी...
