Rahul Gandhi joins Kanhaiya Kumar’s foot march in Bihar ahead of AICC Gujarat session-OxBig News Network

A day ahead of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) national session in Gujarat, former Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi joined National Students Union of India (NSUI) in-charge and former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar during his ongoing padyatra in Bihar on Monday.

The Congress national leadership will be in on Tuesday and Wednesday for the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting and AICC session, which will be held at the Sardar Patel National Memorial and the Riverfront Event Centre, respectively.

Ahead of the march, Rahul posted on social media, saying, “Be it the Champaran Satyagraha or the revolution for social justice – Bihar has always taken concrete steps against injustice. Today, that history calls again – against attacks on the Constitution, against favouritism and discrimination, and in support of economic and social justice. Join me in Patna today at the Constitution Honor Conference.”

चंपारण सत्याग्रह का आंदोलन हो या सामाजिक न्याय की क्रांति – बिहार की धरती ने हमेशा अन्याय के ख़िलाफ़ ठोस कदम बढ़ाया है।

आज वो इतिहास फिर से पुकार रहा है।

संविधान पर हमलों के ख़िलाफ़,

पक्षपात और भेदभाव के विरुद्ध,

आर्थिक, सामाजिक समता और न्याय के लिए –

आइए, एकजुट होकर आवाज़… pic.twitter.com/k9tpqezvI3

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 7, 2025

On Sunday, he had announced in Hindi, “I am coming to Begusarai to join the padyatra, which highlights the perennial problem of unemployment and migration. Wear a white shirt and join me in the movement to expose the government’s failure on jobs and migration.”

बिहार के युवा साथियों, मैं 7 अप्रैल को बेगूसराय आ रहा हूं, पलायन रोको, नौकरी दो यात्रा में आपके साथ कंधे से कंधा मिलाकर चलने।

लक्ष्य है कि पूरी दुनिया को बिहार के युवाओं की भावना दिखे, उनका संघर्ष दिखे, उनका कष्ट दिखे।

आप भी White T-Shirt पहन कर आइए, सवाल पूछिए, आवाज़ उठाइए -… pic.twitter.com/LhVUROFCOW

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 6, 2025

This is Rahul’s third visit to poll-bound Bihar since January.

Earlier today, he landed at Patna airport and proceeded to Begusarai to join Kanhaiya, who has been leading the foot march since March 16. The padyatra has covered several hundred kilometres across Bihar, raising the issue of jobs and migration among youth.