A day after Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited Prayagraj to meet fishermen whose boats were allegedly damaged by the police, she on Tuesday announced that the party will take out a "Nadi Adhikar Yatra" in support .
Read more about Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announces Nadi Adhikar Yatra for UP fishermen on Business Standard. In a series of tweets in Hindi, she said that the rights of river resources are of the fishermen community and the Congress will be taking out a Yatra to fight for the rights
Prayagraj: At a time when the boatmen of Baswar village were waiting for the arrival of Congress general secretary and state in-charge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday morning, a group of carpenters reached the banks of river Yamuna mysteriously and started repairing the damaged boats, which the villagers alleged had been damaged in police action on February 4.
Priyanka had recently taken a dip at Sangam in Prayagraj on ‘Mauni Amavasya’ and had travelled in boatman Sujit Nishad’s boat who told her that atrocities had been committed on local boatmen in Baswar village in the trans-Yamuna area after some people complained that illegal mining was being done through boats.
New Delhi, Feb 21 : Just reduced to one seat from the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress is looking to gain ground in Uttar Pradesh with
, Feb 21 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday reached Prayagraj district to support the boatmen who were allegedly harassed by the local police.Priyanka had recently taken a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam in .