Rahul Gandhi visited a bike mechanic workshop in Delhi's Karol Bagh area in June this year. He interacted with mechanics at the workshop and even tried to repair the broken motorcycles. The video is now out on Rahul Gandhi's official YouTube channel.
“Rahul Gandhi has come here and interacted with us. He came to know from us how poor people lead their lives. What problems they are facing," the mechanic can be heard saying in the video.
To this, Gandhi replied, “I have KTM 390 but I don’t use it, my security men don’t allow me. I’ve come here to learn from you all." “What about your marriage? When will it happen Sir? Without your services, this cannot work," Rahul Gandhi asked the mechanics. He then had a conversation with another mechanic who said, “We weld chambers and repair them.
My father has been doing this work since 1947. Earlier, I used to have autos to repair every day." Since the end of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi has often been seen interacting with common people and listening to their problems while sharing these experiences on his Youtube channel. Recently, during his visit to the US, the Congress leader went on a 190-km "American Truck Yatra" from Washington DC to New York with driver Taljinder Singh Vicky Gill and his companion Ranjeet Singh Banipal. Days earlier, Gandhi had tried to understand the concern of truck drivers in India when he traveled from Delhi to Chandigarh on a late-night ride.
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