Congress has released a video on Rahul Gandhi’s interaction with migrant workers. In the 17-minute video, Gandhi is seen sitting on a footpath with the migrants and interacting with them. The party said that through a number of new video formats and innovative communication, Rahul is trying to take his message to people.

The Congress on Saturday released a video of an interaction between former party chief Rahul Gandhi and a group of migrant workers walking back to a village in Uttar Pradesh from Haryana amid the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown.

The interaction took place on May 16 near Sukhdev Vihar flyover in New Delhi. The migrant workers were on their way from Ambala in Haryana to Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi, a distance of about 600 km. Gandhi met them when they stopped to rest after walking more than 100 km.

In the 17-minute video, Gandhi is seen sitting on a footpath with the migrants and interacting with them. For almost an hour, he listened to their story and hardships, the discrimination they faced, their reasons for deciding to flee their workplace, and why they were forced to walk back to their homes, their fears, dreams and aspirations. Gandhi concluded the video with a message to migrant workers:

At the request of the group, Gandhi and Congress volunteers organised transport and necessary permissions to get them back safely to their village, the party said. On arrival, they were screened by local health authorities and put into 21-day home quarantine. Soon after the interaction on May 16, the party alleged that Delhi Police had detained the workers. The police, however, refuted the claim.

In the pipeline are a number of new video formats and innovative communication approaches that he will use to take his message to the widest possible audience in India and abroad, the party said.

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