Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime minister Narendra Modi, stating that the latter has a “habit of surrendering. ” He said the Centre will never get a genuine caste census done.
Rahul Gandhi said, “My aim is caste census. In Lok Sabha, in front of Modi ji, I told him that caste census would be conducted. And you know he has a habit of surrendering. Trump has said 11 times in public that he made Narendra Modi surrender. But Narendra Modi ji cannot utter a word because it is the truth…They will never get a genuine caste census done because the day they get it done, their politics will end.”
#WATCH | Rajgir, Bihar | Congress MP & LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi says, "…My aim is caste census. In Lok Sabha, in front of Modi ji, I told him that caste census would be conducted. And you know he has a habit of surrendering. Trump has said 11 times in public that he made… pic.twitter.com/wVYRXYKWH1
— ANI (@ANI) June 6, 2025
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, visited Gaya in Bihar on Friday, where he paid tribute to Dashrath Manjhi, popularly known as the ‘Mountain Man’.
Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Gaya earlier in the day, visited the Dashrath Manjhi Memorial accompanied by members of Manjhi’s family.
नेता विपक्ष श्री @RahulGandhi ने दशरथ मांझी जी की प्रतिमा पर पुष्पांजलि अर्पित की।
— Congress (@INCIndia) June 6, 2025
दशरथ मांझी जी तपस्या और संघर्ष की मिसाल हैं, जिन्होंने हमें सिखाया है कि बड़ी से बड़ी चुनौतियों को भी अपने हौसले और हिम्मत से हराया जा सकता है।
नमन 🙏
📍 दशरथ मांझी मेमोरियल, गया (बिहार) pic.twitter.com/X7qMRMF4Un
As part of his visit, he will attend various events in the region.
The Mountain Man lived in Gehlaur village, near Gaya. As per the Bihar Government, Manjhi carved a path 110 m long (360 ft), 9.1 m (30 ft) wide and 7.7 m (25 ft) deep through a ridge of hills using only a hammer and chisel. After 22 years of work, Dashrath shortened the travel between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya town from 55 km to 15 km.
He breathed his last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, on August 17, 2007.
The Government of Bihar gave him a state funeral, proposed his name for the Padma Shri award in 2006 in the social service sector and released a stamp by the India Post in the ‘Personalities of Bihar’ series on December 26, 2016.
