Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes in Haryana; BJP’s Anil Vij mocks Rahul Gandhi as ‘Pappu’

Gandhi joined the Yatra in Karnal, the constituency represented by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, and it resumed from Kohand around 8.15 am. A centre of attraction at Gandhi’s Yatra was Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s dog Loona, which walked with him for a few minutes.

During the Yatra, Tosham MLA Kiran Choudhry fell on the ground and sustained an injury on her leg. She was given medical aid at a hospital in Karnal.

Gandhi took a tea-break at a dhaba. International boxer Vijender Singh also walked with him.

The Yatra stopped for a lunch break and was to resume at 3pm from Madhuban in Karnal district. Gandhi is also scheduled to be chief guest at a kabaddi match between Haryana and Punjab. Senior leaders including former chief minister Bhupinder Hooda, Congress state president Udai Bhan and Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda will also watch the match.

On his way, Gandhi met farmers at the Bastara toll plaza on the national highway, where they had been protesting for several days against the low sugarcane prices. He also met a group of children, and a few youngsters greeted the Congress leader in Karnal by taking off their T-shirts.

BJP minister Anil Vij calls Rahul ‘Pappu’

As Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra got a good response in Haryana, Home Minister Anil Vij mocked the Congress leader tweeting that ‘Pappu remains Pappu’ irrespective of the “makeup”.

राहुल गांधी को काली सफेद दाढ़ी लगा कर, आदी कमीज में शीत लहरों में घूमा कर कांग्रेस द्वारा यह सिद्ध करने की कोशिश की जा रही है कि राहुल गांधी अब बच्चा नहीं रहा वह बड़ा हो गया है । परंतु मेकअप बदल कर कलाकार रामलीला में बदले जा सकते हैं वास्तविक जिंदगी में नही।

— ANIL VIJ MINISTER HARYANA (@anilvijminister) January 7, 2023

“Rahul Gandhi ko kaali safed daadi laka gar, aadhi kameez mein sheet lehar mein ghuma kar Congress dwara ye sidh karne ki koshish ki jaa rahi hai ke Rahul Gandhi ab bachha nahi raha, veh bada ho gaya hai. Parantu, makeup badal kar, kalaakar Ramleela mein badle jaa sakte hain, vastavik jindagi mein nahi. Vastavik jindagi mein to jitna marzi powder laga lo, Pappu Pappu hi rehta hai. (By making Rahul Gandhi have a salt-n-pepper look and making him walk around in a half-sleeved shirt, the Congress is trying to project that Rahul Gandhi is no longer a child but has grown up. But by changing the makeup, artists can be changed only in Ramleela, not in real life. In real life, Pappu remains Pappu irrespective of the talcum powder he puts on).