Leh (Ladakh): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi left Nubra, Ladakh on Monday a day after he paid tribute to his father and former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, on his 79th birth anniversary from the banks of Pangong Lake in Ladakh on August 20.
This was his first visit to Ladakh since Jammu and Kashmir were bifurcated into two Union Territories, Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. Also, the Congress MP rode a motorcycle for over 100 Kilometres from Shey village to Pangong Lake.
Before leaving, Rahul met locals and bikers in Nubra Valley as he was seen riding a sports bike. As he stopped in Nubra, a crowd of locals and bikers jostled to meet him and take selfies with the Congress leader.
A video of Rahul's visit is also being widely shared on the Internet. In the video, the bikers and locals can be seen taking selfies with the Congress leader. Rahul arrived in Leh on Thursday for a visit initially scheduled for two days. However, the Congress leader later extended the schedule to visit the Kargil district in the Ladakh Union territory.
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On the first day of his visit, Rahul Gandhi witnessed a football match in Leh. Later he took a bike ride from Leh to Pangong Tso Lake where he paid tribute to his late father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary on August 20. Earlier, talking to the reporters in Leh, Rahul Gandhi again raked up the Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh.
Rahul said that the locals had told him that the Chinese Army had intruded into the Indian side and taken away their grazing lands. “People told me that the land which was earlier used for grazing was taken away and now they cannot go there. The Prime Minister said that not an inch of land has been lost, but that is not true. Ask anyone in Ladakh, and they will tell you this,” he said while targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the matter.
