Congress leader Rahul Gandhi travelled in a truck from Delhi to Chandigarh to listen to the "'Mann Ki Baat" of truck drivers, the party said on Tuesday. In a video shared by the Congress, Gandhi was seen donning his trademark white T-shirt and sitting inside a truck Monday night. He was travelling with one of the drivers and speaking to truck drivers at a dhaba.

"Leader of the people @RahulGandhi ji reached among the truck drivers to know their problems. Rahul ji travelled with them from Delhi to Chandigarh," the Congress said in a tweet in Hindi. Watch video below:

Rahul Gandhi in a truck. Talking and listening to the problems of drivers at late night ❣️ pic.twitter.com/V3TlBuArDM

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Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan told the news agency PTI that Gandhi travelled with truck drivers and halted en route and listened to the problems faced by them.

According to the report, Gandhi stopped near a Gurdwara in Ambala city along the Ambala-Chandigarh national highway early Tuesday morning and paid obeisance there.

जननायक @RahulGandhi जी ट्रक ड्राइवर्स की समस्या जानने उनके बीच पहुंचे।

राहुल जी ने उनके साथ दिल्ली से चंडीगढ़ तक का सफर किया।मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक, भारत की सड़कों पर करीब 90 लाख ट्रक ड्राइवर्स हैं। इनकी अपनी समस्याएं हैं। इनके 'मन की बात' सुनने का काम राहुल जी ने किया। pic.twitter.com/Bma2BCjGpY— Congress (@INCIndia) May 23, 2023

Congress' social media department head Supriya Shrinate shared pictures of Gandhi traveling in a truck and meeting with truck drivers.

"Rahul Gandhi is a different person. Today he is committed to bridging the widening gap between the general public and the government in this country. Then in this heat, be it sitting with the truck drivers all night and listening to their problems or travelling in a truck. In such a few people, the hope of a better future has arisen!" she said in a tweet in Hindi.

Congress sources said Gandhi was on his way to Shimla to spend some time with his mother Sonia Gandhi and on the way he decided to listen to the problems of truck drivers.

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(With inputs from PTI)

(Edited by : Radhika Hitkari/Akriti Anand)

First Published:May 23, 2023 1:43 PM IST