Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was seen using a snowmobile whereas on a short trip in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg together with his sister and occasion basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. A video shared by the Congress’ youth wing chief BV Srinivas confirmed the 2 motoring down the ski resort’s snowy slopes. Priyanka Gandhi was driving because the video started and switched locations with Rahul – on the passenger seat – after a while.
Final week Gandhi was noticed getting snowboarding classes down Gulmarg’s slopes, and taking a cable automobile trip – for what media stories referred to as a ‘excellent trip’ after his gruelling 3,000+ km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu to Srinagar in J&Ok.
Gandhi – who this month delivered a fierce speech in Parliament’s Finances session concentrating on prime minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration over the Gautam Adani-Hindenburg monetary controversy – refused to take questions from reporters; ‘namaskar’, was all he mentioned when requested to answer political questions.
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Nonetheless, earlier than heading downhill, he posed for selfies with a bunch of excited vacationers.
“We’re fortunate to have met shri Rahul Gandhi,” one vacationer mentioned.
The snowmobile video was shared on the identical day Rahul Gandhi chaired a gathering of occasion leaders in J&Ok and attacked the BJP over the continuing eviction drive within the union territory, which he mentioned was a ‘deliberate transfer’ to divert consideration from actual points.
The administration of the UT has launched an eviction drive towards what it referred to as land encroachment by ‘large landowners’ and ‘influential’ individuals.