New Delhi: Congress leaders across the country are keen to celebrate Rahul Gandhi's birthday on June 19 at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and state headquarters with much fanfare but the former party chief has advised them to visit the slums and help the people in line with his pro-poor politics.
"Rahul Gandhi prefers to celebrate his birthday in a simple manner. He does not want the usual pomp and show that party leaders and workers organise usually. In fact, he prefers that leaders should visit the poor and help them. But it is difficult to stop some workers who gather outside the party headquarters," AICC in-charge of Telangana Rohit Chaudhary told ETV Bharat.
According to the AICC national coordinator of SC, ST, OBC and Minorities Department K Raju, Rahul Gandhi's directive to keep the birthday celebrations low-key are in line with the leader's pro-poor politics.
"Right from the days, I started working with Rahul Gandhi I noticed that his politics is based on social equity. He genuinely believes that politics is not to enjoy the perks of power but to serve the people and improve their condition. He likes to be with the people and mingled with them through his two nationwide yatras that gave several ideas for the social justice plan in the Lok Sabha campaign. The people also responded accordingly. He always wants his birthday celebrations to remain low-key," Raju told ETV Bharat.
Youth Congress chief BV Srinivas told ETV Bharat, "The youth wing would undertake several social welfare programs like organising blood donation camps, distributing copies of Constitution Preamble, donating food and clothes among the poor and visiting the old age homes to mark our leader's birthday."
