Rahul Gandhi Meets Household Of Mountain Man Dashrath Manjhi In Gaya

GAYA: Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday, met the household of ‘Mountain Man’ Dashrath Manjhi in Bihar’s Gaya district. After assembly the Congress MP, Manjhi’s granddaughter Anshu Kumari informed ANI that Rahul Gandhi talked about Dashrath Manjhi’s battle after his spouse died whereas crossing a mountain.

“Rahul Gandhi got here right here right now. He stated many individuals come right here, so I felt like coming too. He got here right here to see how Baba’s (Dashrath Manjhi) home is and the way he dug up the mountain. He additionally talks about it… Then we inform him about our situation. We informed him how my grandmother fell whereas crossing the mountain and died,” Anshu Kumari stated.

The Mountain Man lived in Gehlaur village, close to Gaya. As per the Bihar Authorities, Manjhi carved a path 110 m lengthy (360 ft), 9.1 m (30 ft) huge and seven.7 m (25 ft) deep by means of a ridge of hills utilizing solely a hammer and chisel. After 22 years of labor, Dashrath shortened the journey between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya city from 55 km to fifteen km.

He breathed his final on August 17, 2007, on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

 

The Authorities of Bihar gave him a state funeral, proposed his title for the Padma Shri award in 2006 within the social service sector and launched a stamp by the India Publish within the ‘Personalities of Bihar’ collection on December 26, 2016.

 

On Friday, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi attended the ‘Samvidhan Sabha’ in Rajgir, Nalanda. Addressing the gathering, Gandhi emphasised the necessity for a caste census and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stance on the problem.

He questioned PM Modi’s declare of being an OBC whereas asserting that the BJP denies the existence of caste in India, emphasising the necessity for a real caste census.

“Narendra Modi used to say in each speech, I’m OBC. Then, on the caste census, they are saying that there is no such thing as a caste in India. If there is no such thing as a caste in India, then how did Narendra Modi change into an OBC? My objective is to conduct a caste census. I had stated this to Narendra Modi nose to nose in Lok Sabha – there will probably be a caste census, and you realize he has a behavior of surrendering,” Rahul Gandhi posted on Congress X deal with.