Rahul Gandhi travels in a truck from Delhi to Chandigarh to listen to truckers' 'Mann ki Baat': Congress

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi took a truck ride from Delhi to Chandigarh, according to Congress.

Images of the Gandhi scion in a truck have been shared by the grand old party on Twitter.

"Rahul Gandhi reached among the truck drivers to know their problems. He traveled with them from Delhi to Chandigarh," the party tweeted, along with images of Rahul Gandhi with truck drivers.


"According to media reports, there are about 90 lakh truck drivers on the Indian roads. They have their own problems. Rahul ji did the work of listening to his 'Mann Ki Baat'," the tweet further added.


Gandhi, who has been meeting people from different walks of life, took the ride on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.

Newswire agency IANS had, however, reported that Gandhi traveled in the truck from Murthal to Ambala.

"After reaching Ambala, Rahul Gandhi then proceeded towards Himachal Pradesh's Shimla via road route," it claimed.

Gandhi, who last year undertook a march of over 4000 km from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, has been meeting people from different walks of life.

As per IANS, Rahul Gandhi since last month had visited Bengali Market, Jama Masjid area and enjoyed the local food among the public.

"He then also visited North Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area to interact with the UPSC aspirants and then a few days later he had lunch with the Delhi University students at PG Men's Hostel. The Congress had also visited the Shakur Basti area in Delhi and spoke to the slum dwellers about the fear in which they live."

"The women residents of Shakur Basti area had pointed out to Rahul Gandhi about the fear of bulldozers razing their homes and also other issues like no proper water supply, prices of essential items skyrocketing and how they are unable to buy LPG cylinders," IANS reported.