Rahul Yatra in PM’s constituency: ‘To unite country, bring it together is true patriotism’

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, visited Varanasi, the Parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Rahul began the day with “darshan” at Kashi Vishwanath Temple. Wearing a “rudraksha mala” around his neck, Rahul addressed a gathering at Godowlia crossing, saying that he has come with his “head bowed before Ganga ji.”

Rahul said, “Main yahan aaya mandir mein maine matha teka. Ganga ji ko pranam karne ayah hoon main. Ganga ji ke samne, main yahan ahankar se nahi aaya hoon. Main sar jhukake, Ganga ji ke samne aaya hoon,” (I came here and offered prayers at the temple. I have not come before Ganga ji with arrogance. I have come with my head bowed.)

Rahul, however, did not speak on the recent Gyanvyapi survey.

He told the gathering that “true patriotism” is “uniting the country.” “Desh ko ek saath karna, ek jut karna, jodna hi desh ki bhakti hai”. (To unite the country and bring it together is true patriotism), he said.

Rahul added that the country would become strong only when people would work together.

Rahul said that many people come to meet him in the Yatra and thus when his team asked him what to do, Rahul said, “Jo bhi aaye use lagna chahiye… Apne ghar aaya hoon, apne bhai se milne aaya hoon,” (Whoever comes to meet me should feel that he has come to his own house… He has come to meet his brother).

Rahul asked one of the youths in the crowd, whose name is also Rahul, to come over to his jeep and asked him about the amount spent by his father on his studies and whether he has got a job. The youth informed him that he hailed from Bihar and had come to apply for a job in police in Uttar Pradesh but feared that the large number of applications mean it