Rahul braves the cold in Delhi without warm clothes | Popgen Tech

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 5.4 degrees Celsius on Saturday, three degrees below the seasonal norm.

However, many senior leaders of the Congress party, including Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, were seen wearing gloves, khakis and jackets as they walked alongside Rahul Gandhi in the yatra. Even in this severe winter, Rahul was not wearing any warm clothes like jumper, jacket, sweater or kashnet. SR

It has been 107 days since the Bharat Jodo Yatra started from Kanyakumari. Since then, Rahul only wears a white T-shirt. His journey starts at 6 o’clock in the morning when the fog is heavy and the temperature is very low.

“They keep asking me how I’m not cold,” Gandhi said, addressing a journalist’s question, adding why they don’t ask the same question to farmers and the poor sections of the country’s population, since they can’t even afford such basic amenities. , like warm clothes. Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar said how can Rahul Gandhi travel wearing only half a jersey in severe winter? The Congress leader said, “His body has become frost-resistant after the hate attacks from the BJP, which Rahul Gandhi is particularly fond of. The Congress leader said that when you face so many attacks, your body becomes strong.

Jairam Ramesh, a senior Congress leader, while responding to a BJP minister’s question while addressing a press conference in Faridabad on Friday said, “He (Rahul Gandhi) has a thick skin. That’s why he doesn’t feel cold. What should I answer to this?

The BJP had earlier tweeted that Rahul wore a Burberry T-shirt which reportedly cost over Rs 41,000. In its tweet, the BJP insulted a senior Congress leader and shared a picture of Rahul wearing a white Burberry T-shirt and posted the price of a T-shirt with the words ‘Bharat, Dekho’.

A thick layer of fog enveloped parts of the nation’s capital on Saturday morning, reducing visibility to 100 meters and affecting road and rail traffic. The IMD said Saturday was the coldest day of the year in the capital.