Rajasthanis speak softly, are well-behaved, says Rahul during BJY

New Delhi: During the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ Rahul Gandhi spent a fortnight in Rajasthan, perhaps the longest time that Rahul has been in Rajasthan, and learnt about the culture and people of Rajasthan first hand. Interestingly, during his meeting with Rajasthan leaders in Alwar, Rahul, who appeared enamoured by the Rajasthanis and their state, said, “The people of Rajasthan talk very softly. They meet with love, the people here behave very well. Even their behavior with animals is different here. Two-three times animals came during the journey, no one hurt them. On this, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who was sitting near to Rahul also agreed and said, ‘Yes, we don’t hurt animals.’ Meanwhile, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh recounted an anecdote to Rahul Gandhi and said, “A cow had entered a farmer’s field here. He tried to drive away the cow with a stone and threw a stone just like that which hit the cow’s head, she died. On this, the then Maharaj reached Haridwar, did atonement there and came back on the 11th day.”

In fact, Rahul himself tied the Jodhpuri Bandhej Safa during the programme while Congress organisation Gen Secy KC Venugopal tied the yellow turban. Similarly, other leaders including Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, GS Dotasara, Govindram Meghwal, Ramlal Jat, Bhajanlal Jatav, Harish Chowdhary, Danish Abrar, Tikaram Jully, Dheeraj Gurjar and others tied turban on their heads. And thereafter, in the form of a ‘Chaupal,’ everyone was seen narrating the BJY travelogue to Rahul. Notably, Rahul also tried his hand at ‘Rhythm of the Mewat,’ Bhapang and KC Venugopal, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh and Divya Maderna joined him. During the cultural programme in Alwar in Yatra, Sachin Pilot laughingly suggested in Rahul’s presence, “Low calorie food should be offered in morning Tea break, otherwise, as much as we walked, everything would be equal.” Along with this, Pilot asked GS Dotasra, “Adhyakshji, you walked so much, did you loose 2-5 kg?” On this Dotasra accepted that he had lost two and a half kgs. On diet issue raised by Pilot, Rahul expressed concern over diet of the sportsmen and athletes & asked for suggestions from the government regarding the diet of sportsmen.