Visiting Ladakh for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 and a couple of weeks ahead of the Kargil Hill council polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi takes a bike ride to Pangong Lake and shares that his father, Rajiv Gandhi used to say that this was one of the most beautiful places in the world.
During his Ladakh visit, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi rode a bike to Pangong Lake on Saturday. The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil is set to take place next month and this was Gandhi's first visit to Ladakh since the abrogation of Article 370.
Rahul Gandhi took to Instagram to share photos of his bike ride along with a caption that said, "On our way to Pangong lake, which my father used to say, is one of the most beautiful places in the world."
The Congress party also shared photos of Gandhi in Ladakh on X and wrote, "Upwards and onwards - Unstoppable!"
According to the reports, Gandhi will be staying at a tourist camp near Pangong Lake overnight.
On Friday, Tsering Namgyal, Congress’ Leh district spokesperson and leader of opposition in LAHDC-Leh reportedly said, “He hasn’t been to Pangong lake and wanted to see it and spend some quality time.”
Since the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir state into two Union Territories following the abrogation of Article 370, this is Gandhi's first visit to Ladakh.
Rahul Gandhi was given a warm welcome by the Congress party leaders and workers at the Leh airport on Thursday. At the event in Leh on Friday, he met with young people.
Rahul Gandhi while interacting during the event on Friday, reportedly said, "India got freedom in 1947 and consolidation of freedom in India is constitutional. The Constitution is a move... The way you put Constitution into action is by setting up institutions that support the vision of the Constitution. The Lok Sabha, and Rajya Sabha, force all these elements... Now what RSS is doing is it is placing its own people in key pots of institutional structure."
Rahul Gandhi's two-day visit to Ladakh was extended by six more days on Friday.
The Kargil hill council polls are scheduled for September 10 and the Congress and National Conference made an alliance against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the polls.