New Delhi, Jun 13: Rahul Gandhi recently travelled from Washington to New York in a truck and engaged in a candid conversation with the driver that centred around the everyday lives of Indian-origin truck drivers in the US.Following a truck ride from Delhi to Chandigarh to hear about the issues facing truck drivers, Gandhi travelled by truck during a recent visit to the United States.
The Congress leader travelled on a 190-km “American Truck Yatra” from Washington DC to New York with the driver Taljinder Singh Vicky Gill and his companion Ranjeet Singh Banipal as part of his ongoing mission to hear from people in India and abroad. The journey concluded with a delicious breakfast at a restaurant, according to a statement from the party.A genuine heart-to-heart talk about the typical lifestyles of Indian-origin truck drivers in America was the highlight of the trip, much like his truck travel from Delhi to Chandigarh, according to the press release.
Gandhi observed throughout the trip that unlike in India, trucks in the US are designed with the driver’s safety and comfort in mind.
It was made clear during the trip that, in contrast to their American colleagues, who are paid well for their work, domestic truck drivers struggle to make ends meet with pitiful pay and record price increases.Gandhi said to Gill during their discussion of India’s politics, inflation, and rising commodity prices that no faith promotes spreading hatred.
Along the trip, they also listened to music from Sidhu Moosewala.
We can learn a lot from the American truck business in order to create a fresh vision for the truck sector in India. The statement read, “Indian truck drivers are the backbone of our logistics and deserve a life of dignity as well.
They actually are at the forefront of “Bharat Jodo,” and their advancement is certain to have a favourable ripple effect on India’s whole economy, it continued.
Last month, Gandhi took a truck from Delhi to Chandigarh. The previous head of the Congress was depicted sitting inside a truck, travelling with a driver, and conversing with truckers at a dhaba in pictures and videos.
