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Summary Rahul Gandhi has asked young people to join his congress party.
Rahul Gandhi has promised to help residents of held Kashmir as he began a two-day visit to encourage young people to join his Congress party.Rahul Gandhi visited to launch a membership drive and take stock of the party affairs, senior state Congress leader Raman Bhalla said.Gandhi, the scion of Indias Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, has been touring various Indian states to strengthen the youth wing of the ruling Congress party.He is widely viewed as a premier-in-waiting, but has so far avoided roles in the cabinet, preferring instead to focus on building up a youth movement for the party.The Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty has ruled India for most of the post-independence era, providing three prime ministers. Rahul is the son of the current Congress president Sonia Gandhi.He interacted with students at Kashmirs main university in the state summer capital Srinagar and later addressed party workers at a high-security convention centre, officials said.Journalists were not allowed to cover the two events.I have come here to share your pain. The pain and suffering of this place is my suffering too, Gandhi was quoted as saying by one of the students who attended the interactive session.I am not here to do politics but to learn and understand how best I could help the people of the state, the student said Gandhi told the gathering.The student, who requested anonymity, said Gandhi did not respond to questions about alleged human rights abuses by Indian troops in the region, where more than 47,000 people have died since the insurgency against New Delhis rule began in 1989.Gandhi later took his security by surprise by deciding to visit a Muslim shrine that was the scene of two military sieges in mid-1990s.He said investors had shunned the region due to the insurgency.They are not coming (to Kashmir) due to violence but we are pursuing them to invest here, Gandhi said at the university.
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