Rahul visits Gaya, Rajgir; meets family of ‘mountain man'
At both the places, he interacted with people belonging to the extremely backward section.
Interacting with a large number of women at the 'mahila samwad' programme, organized at Kandi Nawada in Gaya by the party, Rahul talked about issues like women's rights, education, employment and social participation. He said that the Congress believes that no society can progress without the participation of women.
On his way to Rajgir, after reaching at Gaya airport at around 11.30am, he visited the house of 'mountain man' Dashrath Manjhi at Dashrath Nahar and met his family members, including son Bhagirath Manjhi.
He then went to Dashrath Manjhi memorial at Gehlaur and paid obeisance to him by garlanding his statue.
At Rajgir too, Rahul visited the Jarasandh memorial and garlanded the statue of Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar at Ambedkar Chowk and reiterated his commitment towards social justice and equality.
This is Rahul's fifth visit to Bihar in the last five months. Earlier, he had visited Darbhanga, Patna, Samastipur and West Champaran.
Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee's (BPCC) state representative and spokesperson Bijoy Kumar Mithu said, "Rahul's visit to Gaya and Rajgir and dialogue with extremely backward people and the women besides his participation and initiatives towards 'samwidhan suraksha' will give a new message to extremely backward class people and the women of the state."
Sources said that the family of late Dashrath Manjhi have shown willingness to enter the political arena. Bhagirath had earlier met Rahul in Patna. It is learnt that he has shown interest to contest assembly election from Bodh Gaya.
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