Delhi 'shining' like Paris: Rahul's dig at Kejriwal while highlights garbage, stench in Rithala
New Delhi, Jan 14: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, saying Delhi was "shining" like Paris as he shared a video of a dirty 'nullah' in Rithala to highlight the poor conditions in the area.
Amid the high-pitched campaigning for next month's Delhi Assembly polls, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha visited Rithala and celebrated Makar Sankranti with residents of the area where he had "Dahi-choora" on the occasion and also served it to some women.
After his visit, Gandhi shared on X a video of the "nullah" flowing through the area and wrote, "This is Kejriwal's 'shining' Delhi -- the Delhi like Paris!"
He used the hashtag "#SaafKaroDilli" with his post.
In the video, Gandhi can be seen walking through piles of garbage along the "nullah" as he showed its pitiful condition and lack of roads to the people accompanying him.
He can be heard saying, "See Delhi, the shining Delhi... Delhi like Paris. It is the same situation everywhere."
The Congress also shared the video of his interaction with locals and said, "This is Delhi - which Kejriwal ji had claimed will shine. He had talked about making it like Paris and London."
"Watch, understand and use the power of your vote," the party said, using the hashtag "#SaafKaroDilli". Gandhi was campaigning in favour of Sushant Mishra, the Congress candidate from Rithala.
The people of the Rithala assembly constituency complained to Rahul Gandhi about the problems of the drainage system there.
Gandhi launched his campaign for the Delhi assembly polls on Monday by holding his first public meeting in Seelampur. At the meeting, he launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying there is no difference between the two leaders and they do not want the backwards, Dalits, tribals and minorities to get their due share.
Specifically targeting Kejriwal, the former Congress president said the AAP convenor was following "Modi's strategy of propaganda and false promises" despite rising pollution, corruption and inflation in the national capital.
He promised a caste survey in Delhi if the Congress formed the government in the city.
ये है केजरीवाल जी की ‘चमकती’ दिल्ली - पेरिस वाली दिल्ली!#SaafKaroDilli pic.twitter.com/ycSxZa4hUt
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 14, 2025
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Rahul Gandhi joins Haryana Congress leader's 'Sadbhav Yatra' in Gurugram
Gurugram (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday joined the 'Sadbhav Yatra' of Haryana Congress leader Brijendra Singh here.
Gandhi, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, reached Gurugram in the evening and joined the yatra. He also walked some distance with Brijendra, state Congress chief Rao Narender Singh and other leaders.
Huge crowds had turned up for the occasion.
Later, Gandhi proceeded to the venue where he addressed a public gathering.
Leader of Opposition in Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda and other Congress leaders, including Randeep Singh Surjewala, B K Hariprasad, state Congress chief Rao Narender Singh, were also present.
Brijendra Singh had on Thursday said it is a matter of joy for them that Gandhi was joining the 'Sadbhav Yatra' in Gurugram-Badshahpur, "thereby strengthening the Indian National Congress' campaign for brotherhood and harmony".
The 'Sadbhav Yatra' began from Danoda village at Narwana in Jind on October 5, 2025, and has covered 85 of the 90 assembly segments in the state.
The foot march was started by Brijendra Singh, son of Congress veteran Birender Singh, to highlight several national and regional issues.
State Congress chief Rao Narender Singh had asked all party leaders to take part in Friday's event.
Days before his yatra began in October, Brijendra Singh, who narrowly lost the 2024 assembly polls from Jind's Uchana Kalan, accused the ruling BJP of playing "divisive politics" and said that "sadbhav" (harmony) has come under stress in the last decade.
Brijendra Singh was a sitting MP from Hisar for the BJP when he resigned ahead of the 2024 general election and switched over to the Congress. He also alleged that the saffron party creates a wedge in society to achieve its political purpose.
The 'padyatra' has so far covered 85 assembly constituencies in Haryana, traversing more than 2,700 kilometres.
Addressing the public gathering, Brijendra Singh said the yatra is inspired by Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, where he took the party's vision and values directly to the people of the country.
Singh said the yatra has highlighted issues like "Vote Chori" (vote theft), unemployment, poor law and order situation, agrarian distress, and issues related to government employees, labourers and traders.
"Sadbhav (harmony) and bhaichara (brotherhood), which the BJP is attempting to weaken, are the messages of this yatra," he said, adding that its slogan is "Congress ka haath bhaichara ka saath".
"This yatra is a natural extension of the Bharat Jodo Yatra," Brijendra Singh said.
