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'2000 km…': Rahul Gandhi's reply after Kamal Nath asked ‘aren't you tired?'
Rahul Gandhi was addressing a public meeting organised in Burhanpur city of Madhya Pradesh after the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' led by him entered the state from neighbouring Maharashtra on Wednesday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was addressing a public meeting organised in Burhanpur city of Madhya Pradesh after the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' led by him entered the state from neighbouring Maharashtra on Wednesday, claimed that despite walking 2000 km, there was no fatigue on his face for a second.
“Kamal Nath ji just asked me ‘Rahul, aren’t you tired?' Friends, do you see me tired? I walked 2000 km. There is no fatigue on my face for a second. I wake up at 6 every morning, I walk faster in the evening than I walk at 6am… This enthusiasm is the encouragement given by the people,” Gandhi can be seen saying in a video shared by the Congress and its leaders.
He accused the Narendra Modi government of breaking the "sacred relationship" with soldiers by introducing the Agnipath scheme. He said the government has brought the scheme that would turn youths jobless for life after mere four years of service as Agniveers. Gandhi
The Congress leader's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra reached Indore on Wednesday to take part in the yatra from Thursday.
"Earlier, the government used to protect the interests of the youths, who would the Indian Army and take the oath of protecting the national flag throughout their lives. But (by bringing in Agnipath scheme for recruitment of Agniveers), the Modi government has broken this sacred relationship," he said.
Referring to the collapse of the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh in March 2020 after 15 months of coming to power, Gandhi accused the BJP of buying corrupt MLAs for crores of rupees.
The Kamal Nath government collapsed after 22 of its legislators led by senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who was then with the Congress, resigned from the party and later joined the BJP. This paved the way for BJP's Shivraj Singh Chouhan to become the state chief minister for the fourth term.
On Wednesday morning, the yatra, which had started on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, entered Bodarli village in Burhanpur district.
