Rahul Gandhi made the above remark while addressing the public gathering after the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur on Wednesday. He also thanked the people of Madhya Pradesh for his lovely welcome in the state.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will preside over the meeting which will be his first meeting of the committee after taking charge at the office.
Assam CM Sarma was addressing a public rally in Gujarat on Tuesday, where he took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra and said that Nowadays he (Rahul Gandhi) looks like former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
Jai Ram Thakur took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi who is on Bharat Jodo Yatra and said the Congress leader has been "sent on the yatra so that he keeps away from the elections".
Baghel made the remark during Bharat Jodo Yuva Sankalp Samaroh in Indoor Stadium at Budha Talab in Raipur on Monday. State health minister T S Singh Deo and Youth Congress National President BV Srinivasan were also present at the function.
Baghel further said that Rahul Gandhi started the Bh
Apparently targeting Congress leaders, he said, "You belong to the royal family, I hail from an ordinary family, I have no problem. I am a servant and a servant with little to do."
Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh today tweeted "Today and tomorrow are rest days for #BharatJodoYatra which is camped at Nimkhedi in Maharashtra. Early morning on Wednesday, 23rd November, the yatra will move into Madhya Pradesh."
"Rahul Gandhi is one such person who stays connected as friends against ideological and political differences. I have friends in BJP as well but they were happy when I was in jail, this is politics of the Mughal era," he said.
Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Monday showed confidence in the party doing well in the upcoming Assembly polls stating that the people are "agitated" against the ruling BJP.
Rahul Gandhi who is leading Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra, will address rallies in poll-bound Gujarat for the first time since elections were announced in the coastal state.