Rahul Gandhi meets Makhana farmers in Bihar’s Katihar during ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’

KATIHAR (Bihar): Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi met Makhana farmers in their farms in Katihar on Saturday during his on-going ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’.

In visuals, Rahul was seen entering the pond along with farmers and engaging with them. Notably, Bihar has a significant contribution in Makhana production and produces around 80 per cent of the entire makhana of India.

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On Friday Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, who has also been seen accompanying Rahul in the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ at Bhagalpur, said that the upcoming elections will ould be the last for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, expressing confidence that Kumar will not return as CM again.

“This will be the last election of the Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. He will not become the Chief Minister of Bihar again…Do you want an original CM or a duplicate?… We all need to be united and vote for change…” Yadav said while addressing the rally.

“Tejashwi Yadav will take everyone along with him…” he further stated. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in a post on social media platform X, said that the ‘Voter Adhikar Yarta’ had awakened the people and that the current government was formed by “theft,” not by a public mandate.

“Look at the vote-thief government — This is anger against unemployment and inflation. This indignation is against two decades of poverty and migration. This revolution is against the theft of voting rights. This is a people’s movement – the people have awakened and understood that a government formed by theft is not the people’s government”, the post read.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah announced that he will be joining Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Voter Adhikar Rally’ in Bihar on August 29. “Rahul Gandhi ji took out a yatra in Bihar. I am going to join it on August 29”, CM Siddaramaiah said.

The 16-day yatra aims to raise awareness about alleged irregularities in the voter list, which opposition leaders have termed a case of vote chori (vote theft). Covering over 1,300 km across 20 districts, the yatra is scheduled to conclude in Patna on September 1. (ANI)