Monday brought accolades from Congress’s Pramod Tiwari for Rahul Gandhi’s constituency focus as the Raebareli MP prepares for a visit. The Rajya Sabha leader from Lucknow weighed in on Gandhi’s plans, defense shifts, Kashmir attacks, labor scheme changes, and a fatal Noida accident.
Post-Lucknow airport arrival, Gandhi embarks on Raebareli’s duo-day agenda: dialogues with folks and cadres, issue hearings, progress checks. Tiwari stressed, ‘He invariably dedicates time to his area, fulfilling representative duties earnestly.’
Tiwari engaged defense topics, praising self-reliance via private involvement yet faulting ambiguity on China-Galwan and Pakistan. A hall of fame for army builders—Nehru, Indira, Rajiv, Rao, Vajpayee—contrasted current vagueness.
Kashmir’s security breach: eight troops injured in premier 2024 skirmish, trio air-evacuated. ‘Outrageous,’ Tiwari fumed, debunking note-ban terror cures amid Pahalgam perils. ‘Troops at risk spell doom for public safety,’ he posited, advocating enhanced protections.
MGNREGA rename drew Tiwari’s alignment with Gandhi: worker entitlements gutted, BJP’s Gandhi phobia exposed. Vast funds spawned jobs for the masses, landless included. Successor scheme dupes the poor.
Noida’s pothole tragedy—a youth’s demise despite alerts and signless roads—signaled administrative rot. ‘Shouting for papa, begging rescue, ignored utterly,’ Tiwari mourned, demanding systemic overhaul.