NEW DELHI: Chaos erupted at Sadaqat Ashram, the Bihar Congress office in Patna, following Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi's visit for a party function. Party workers drove away an individual, calling him thief and 'BJP agent.'
The incident occurred on Monday at Sadaqat Ashram, where Rahul had stopped as part of his day-long tour that included a march in Begusarai and a symposium in Patna. While Rahul's visit to the venue lasted approximately 30 minutes, a video clip emerged of Congress workers chasing a man out of the office premises.
After Rahul left, journalists noticed a young man carrying a pamphlet expressing support for the wakf bill. The man identified himself as "Ram Babu Yadav, a native of Bhojpur district."
"He is a BJP agent, who has been sent here in exchange for money," alleged party workers as they forced Yadav out of the premises, labelling him as ' chor' and ' pocketmaar'.
Later, one of the quarreling persons told reporters, "I am a Congress supporter by birth. I am a Panchayat member. The one who was trading blows with me is an ex-MLA who is actually a BJP agent."
Former state president and Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh also got into the altercation, reportedly slapping a Congress worker on his way out.
Two party workers blocked Singh's way while he was trying to reach his car. Singh stopped the fight by slapping one of them before leaving in his car.
Rahul's day-long tour included multiple engagements across Bihar, including participation in a march at Begusarai and attending a symposium in Patna before concluding at the Congress headquarters.
On his third visit to Bihar in four months, Rahul participated in the "palayan roko, naukri do" march in Begusarai, addressing unemployment and migration issues. Though he didn't speak publicly there, he was accompanied by numerous young supporters wearing white T-shirts, reminiscent of the "Bharat Jodo Yatra".
At the ' Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan ', Rahul said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had established a structure where 5% of the population governs the country, with 10-15 individuals controlling the corporate sector. Speaking at a symposium in the state capital before the assembly polls, he addressed the Congress alliance with RJD and the Left, which aims to challenge the ruling NDA.
"I must be the first person in the Congress to admit that we did not work, in Bihar, with the zeal we should have. But we shall move forward learning from our mistakes. Our party, and the coalition of which we are a part, shall strive for uplift of SCs, STs, OBCs, extremely backward classes and minorities," said the Congress leader, noting his party's decline in Bihar since the 1990s Mandal wave.
"We recently did something which may not have been great but was still of significance. We reconstituted District Congress Committees. Earlier, two-thirds of these were headed by upper castes. Now two-thirds of these are headed by the deprived castes. This has been in line with clear instructions from (national president Mallikarjun) Kharge ji and me for the organization," Rahul added.
The incident occurred on Monday at Sadaqat Ashram, where Rahul had stopped as part of his day-long tour that included a march in Begusarai and a symposium in Patna. While Rahul's visit to the venue lasted approximately 30 minutes, a video clip emerged of Congress workers chasing a man out of the office premises.
After Rahul left, journalists noticed a young man carrying a pamphlet expressing support for the wakf bill. The man identified himself as "Ram Babu Yadav, a native of Bhojpur district."
"He is a BJP agent, who has been sent here in exchange for money," alleged party workers as they forced Yadav out of the premises, labelling him as ' chor' and ' pocketmaar'.
VIDEO | Bihar: Fight erupts at party office during Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's meeting in Patna.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 7, 2025
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Later, one of the quarreling persons told reporters, "I am a Congress supporter by birth. I am a Panchayat member. The one who was trading blows with me is an ex-MLA who is actually a BJP agent."
Former state president and Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh also got into the altercation, reportedly slapping a Congress worker on his way out.
Two party workers blocked Singh's way while he was trying to reach his car. Singh stopped the fight by slapping one of them before leaving in his car.
Rahul's day-long tour included multiple engagements across Bihar, including participation in a march at Begusarai and attending a symposium in Patna before concluding at the Congress headquarters.
On his third visit to Bihar in four months, Rahul participated in the "palayan roko, naukri do" march in Begusarai, addressing unemployment and migration issues. Though he didn't speak publicly there, he was accompanied by numerous young supporters wearing white T-shirts, reminiscent of the "Bharat Jodo Yatra".
LIVE: पलायन रोको, नौकरी दो यात्रा | बेगूसराय, बिहार https://t.co/yP6yqUp14L
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 7, 2025
At the ' Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan ', Rahul said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had established a structure where 5% of the population governs the country, with 10-15 individuals controlling the corporate sector. Speaking at a symposium in the state capital before the assembly polls, he addressed the Congress alliance with RJD and the Left, which aims to challenge the ruling NDA.
"I must be the first person in the Congress to admit that we did not work, in Bihar, with the zeal we should have. But we shall move forward learning from our mistakes. Our party, and the coalition of which we are a part, shall strive for uplift of SCs, STs, OBCs, extremely backward classes and minorities," said the Congress leader, noting his party's decline in Bihar since the 1990s Mandal wave.
LIVE: Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan | Patna, Bihar https://t.co/8UylcpPeWu
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 7, 2025
"We recently did something which may not have been great but was still of significance. We reconstituted District Congress Committees. Earlier, two-thirds of these were headed by upper castes. Now two-thirds of these are headed by the deprived castes. This has been in line with clear instructions from (national president Mallikarjun) Kharge ji and me for the organization," Rahul added.
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