New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul
Gandhi on Monday arrived in flood-hit Uttarakhand, where several people were
killed and thousands still stranded, to review the rescue operations.
On Monday, Rahul Gandhi along with his
mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi had flagged off trucks carrying
relief materials to calamity-hit Uttarakhand. Trucks carried food articles,
medicines, clothes and blankets for the flood-affected people.
Last week, BJP had questioned why Rahul
Gandhi did not visit flood-hit Uttarakhand. But the fact is that party's top
leadership, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President
Sonia Gandhi, were monitoring the rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit
hill state.
"It should not matter who has gone (to
flood-hit areas) and who has not. The focus should be on rescue and relief
operations. Both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi are
monitoring the situation. VIP visits hamper relief operations. Sonia Gandhi has
not visited Uttarakhand keeping this in mind. She will visit as soon as the
situation improves," Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar had told reporters
when asked about Rahul Gandhi's absence. The Government and the Congress party
are busy battling the massive tragedy.
On June 19, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi had conducted an aerial survey of the
flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand on last Wednesday. Congress President had directed all party MPs
and MLAs to donate their one month salary for relief work in the flood-ravaged
Uttarakhand. She had also directed all party MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
to give Rs 10 lakh each from their MPLAD fund for carrying out relief work
there.
The Congress party had also set up a PCC
control room at Dehradun to accelerate the relief work.
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