Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today appealed to the youth of the country to join politics to invigorate the political system and build a stronger and resurgent India.
Interacting with more than 750 students of the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Rahul repeated the theme of ‘two Indias’ that he used — in a different context — while in Orissa only yesterday.
India today, Rahul said, is divided into two parts, the haves and the have-nots, in the form of the urban and the rural populations. While people in the urban areas avail of multiple opportunities, the rural population is deprived. For the growth and the progress of the country, it is necessary to carry along all its people. The dairy sector, he said, could become the bridge between the two sets of people — with its development, the rural population would be able to earn a decent living.
Asked for how long the system of reservations would continue in the country, Rahul said students should rather ask when more educational institutions would be set up, so that they get new opportunities.
Rahul mingled with the students during his hour-long stay at NDRI, shaking hands with and hugging several of them. “So far we had only read about his nature, his intellect and his political vision. Today we had a first-hand opportunity of knowing him from close quarters,” said a beaming Arpana Verma, a student of Animal Biotechnology. Another student, Dr Sohit Ojha, said, “He talks from his heart. He is sincere and genuine.”
Union Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Congress spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan accompanied Rahul. No local political leader was present.
Earlier in the day, Rahul visited the CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, and Kurukshetra University. A protest demonstration by slogan-shouting members of the CPM-backed Students Federation of India (SFI) at Kurukshetra was followed by a mild lathicharge by the police.
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