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Bareli, 29 April (HS): Rahul Gandhi, the Congress MP and Leader of the

Opposition in the Lok Sabha, will make a quick visit to Kanpur on Wednesday to

meet with the family of Shubham Dwivedi, who was one of 26 people murdered in

the Pahalgam terror incident on April 22. Rahulji would visit Shubham’s family

in Kanpur after his visits to Raebareli and Amethi, UP Congress Committee chief

Ajay Rai said on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Gandhi began a two-day tour to Raebareli,

his Lok Sabha seat, and bordering Amethi, his old constituency from which he

was elected MP three times.

Earlier

in the day, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Gandhi wrote to Prime

Minister Narendra Modi, requesting a joint session of both houses of Parliament

to address the Pahalgam assault matter.

Rai

described how Gandhi had hurried to Kashmir after learning about the terror

attack to meet with the families of the dead and injured. The Congress and its

leaders have long prioritized national unity.

Rahul ji intends to visit with Shubham’s family to express his

condolences and tell them that the Congress party is with them at this hour of

grief, according to Rai, who attended Shubham’s funeral on April 23.

On

April 23, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Kanpur to meet

with Shubham’s family. After meeting with the family, Adityanath stated that no

stone will be left unturned in bringing the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror

attack to justice.

After

arrival at Lucknow airport on Tuesday, Gandhi went directly to Raebareli, where

he was seen chatting with the crowds before unveiling a monument of Subhas

Chandra Bose at Civil Lines Chauraha. Before Gandhi arrived in Raebareli,

several BJP officials had up anti-Gandhi posters.

Tum

jaativaad se todoge; hum rashtravaad se jodenge. Rahul Gandhi ji hamari Rae Bareli ko

jaativaad main mat uljhayiyen (we will defeat your attempt to divide people

along caste lines by uniting them through patriotism), stated a billboard put

up by a BJP leader in Harchandpur. Just before Gandhi’s travel to Uttar

Pradesh, a poster dubbed ‘Gayab’ (missing) issued by Congress’s social media

handle appeared to attack the BJP’s senior leadership over the Pahalgam terror

incident, sparking new political controversy, with numerous BJP officials

condemning the Congress post.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi