‘Unstoppable’: Rahul Gandhi’s bike ride through Ladakh on eve of father Rajiv’s birth anniversary

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In the pictures, Gandhi is riding a KTM 390 Adventure as other riders follow him. The Congress MP is seen in full biking gear including a helmet, gloves, riding boots, and a jacket. He is also expected to participate in the meeting of the 30-member Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)-Kargil elections on August 25, according to news agency ANI.

Sharing more pictures, the Congress party wrote: “Upwards and onwards — Unstoppable!”

This is his first visit to Ladakh since Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two Union Territories, Ladakh and J&K, following the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35 (A) on August 5, 2019. In January, the Congress leader had visited Jammu and Srinagar during his Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Mocked by rivals, particularly the BJP, as a privileged dynast removed from the daily grind of most Indians, Rahul has tried several reinventions of his image over his political career. The restless, aggressive young man who tore into an ordinance passed by his own government is a thing of the past. This time the emphasis is on projecting Gandhi as an everyman – as much to put Opposition parties seeking a partnership with the Congress at ease, as to juxtapose him as a contrast to the larger-than-life Prime Minister Narendra Modi.