PATHANKOT: On the last day of his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi praised chief minister Bhagwant Mann, while also advising him not to run his government by "RC" (which goes for both remote control and Aam Aadmi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha).Addressing a rally here before crossing over to Jammu and Kashmir for the yatra's last leg, Rahul said: "Bhagwant Mann, I like you, I respect you.
You sat with me in Lok Sabha, but there is a difference between you and (Delhi CM) Arvind Kejriwal.
I say so from the Congress dais that Punjab shouldn't be run from Delhi state.""I asked someone during the yatra what was happening in Punjab and he replied: 'Nothing'.
He was a Congressman.
So I asked a farmer, and he replied: 'RC chal raha hai (Raghav Chadha is happening).
We fight elections against AAP, which is a separate issue, but it pinched me when the farmer said the government in Punjab was remote controlled."About Punjab's industry, Rahul said: "Ludhiana's small and medium enterprises once competed with China.
The world had either 'made in China' or 'made in Ludhiana' automobile parts, bicycles, and garments, while Jalandhar was known for sports goods until the GST (goods and services tax) and demonetisation destroyed these industries."Explaining why he put on a turban while in Punjab, he said: "I wanted to tell people that I respect the Sikh Gurus and follow their path."