On the first day of his two day visit to Jharkhand, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi visited Dhanbad after interacting with tribal youths and party workers in Sahebganj and Dumka. In Dhanbad, Congress General Secretary had a meeting with Youth Congress delegates from four adjoining parliamentary constituencies, namely Giridih, Koderma, Hazaribagh and Dhanbad. The meeting took place at Penman Auditorium in the campus of Indian Institute of Mines (ISM).
Outside the meeting venue students of ISM waited in queue to pledge their demand to the young leader. There has been a constant agitation going on in ISM campus to grant it an IIT status. Students demanded the same to Congress General Secretary. Congress General Secretary assured them that he will raise this issue before the Ministry of Human Resource and Development.
Thereafter, Congress General Secretary left for Hazaribagh where he attended a meeting of ‘Yuva Mahila Congrss’. The meeting took place at Nagar Bhawan in the city. Around 600 young women aged 18 to 35 across the state attended the meeting and interacted with the young leader. There, Congress General Secretary said that women must enter politics and Youth Congress is the best platform for this. Thereafter, he left for Ranchi to attend another programme in the evening.
Earlier in the day, Congress General Secretary attended meetings of tribal youths and Youth Congress workers in Sahibganj and Dumka. He will interact with the media in Ranchi tomorrow and attend a series of meetings in the state.
Congress General Secretary is on a two day tour to the state; major part of which is facing the Maoist violence.This visits is a part of his nationwide tour to strengthen the Youth Congress and NSUI.
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