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Rahul Gandhi undertook a ‘padayatra’ in Telangana’s Adilabad district on Friday to interact with farmers and highlight their issues. The Congress vice-president arrived in Telangana on Thursday night. He landed at Nanded in central Maharashtra Thursday evening from New Delhi and reached Nirmal in Adilabad district of Telangana by road.

15kms Padyatra covering 5 villages concludes.Rahul Gandhi to address farmers shortly #RGVisitsTelangana pic.twitter.com/GZxs41viFn

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On the way to Laxmanchanda #RGVisitsTelangana pic.twitter.com/NrZGXlHrI9

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Meeting family members of affected farmers in Koratikal village pic.twitter.com/VXf8sFVP3m

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The 44-year-old Amethi MP was supposed to arrive in Hyderabad for his visit to Adilabad, but his tour programme changed and he landed at Nanded instead.

Telangana Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy, working president Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and several other party leaders welcomed Gandhi.

Here are the updates:

  • Shortly after starting it, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi scrapped his padyatra in Telangana to travel by car.
  • Rahul Gandhi has begun his padyatra in Telangana to meet drought-hit farmers.
  • Rahul Gandhi will undertake a a 15-km ‘padayatra’ (foot march) in Adilabad district in the morning.
  • The Congress leader will also address farmers at Koratikal village at the end of his 15-kilometre-long padyatra.
  • Rahul will interact with farmers and also meet the families of peasants who allegedly committed suicide due to agrarian distress.
  • Congress, TDP and BJP allege that hundreds of farmers committed suicide due to the agrarian distress in Telangana since the TRS Government assumed office in June last.
  • The Congress Vice-President had earlier visited Punjab and Maharashtra, where he interacted with farmers and undertook padayatras.
  • The Congress vice president had attacked the Modi government on Land Bill issue in Parliament and also reached out to farmers in Punjab and Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in recent weeks.
  • Rahul is visiting Telangana for the first time since it was carved out from Andhra Pradesh on June 2 last year.