Janjivan Bureau
Indore : Continuing his campaign of reaching out to less privileged sections, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday arrived in Mhow, the birthplace of Dr B R Ambedkar around whose work and ideology struggles of the suppressed classes are centred.
The visit is a prelude to the Congress’ plans to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of the Dalit icon next year in a grand way and come closer to the community, which was once its vote bank.
Apart from mounting a high voltage campaign on the farm sector crisis in different parts of the country and targeting the NDA government over the land bill, Gandhi took up fishermen’s problems by visiting a coastal village in Kerala recently.
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Arun Yadav told reporters that Gandhi will pay tribute at the Ambedkar memorial and address a public meeting.
He will speak on Ambedkar’s thoughts at a seminar and interact with intellectuals and activists of the Dalit and tribal communities.
Yadav said Gandhi’s visit is the opening event of a series of meetings and interactions planned by the Congress for Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary.