ALMORA: A day after quoting Ghalib during a rally at Bahraich in UP, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi quoted an Urdu couplet by poet Bashir Badr — “Log toot jaate hain ek ghar banane mein, Tum taras nahin khate grihastiyan jalane mein” — at the beginning of his rally in Almora which set the tone for his attack on Modi for the way the demonetisation exercise was carried out.
Trying to strike a chord with the people of Almora on the demonetisation issue, Gandhi said, “Modiji is asking people of this country to go cashless, but can people of Almora eat the famous bal mithai of Khim Singh Mohan Singh through Paytm,” Gandhi asked a crowded audience referring to the popular sweet of the region and the problem of erratic network connectivity in the hills.
