Pics: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra plucks tea leaves with workers in Assam

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, March 2

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday interacted with tea tribes in Assam’s Biswanath.

Carrying a basket on her back and a scarf tied on her head, she plucked the leaves while she spoke to the workers. She wore a sari and an apron on top to do the job.

The photos and videos have been widely shared on Twitter.

The Assam cabinet last month approved a proposal to increase the daily wage of tea garden workers in the state to Rs 318, including Rs 101 for ration.

The Congress has already announced that when it forms the government, the minimum daily wage of the tea garden workers will be enhanced to Rs 365, Gandhi said.

“Women’s life is full of struggle. They bear the burden of the household as well as work to earn a living. They have immense power of tolerance but that does not mean, they have to suffer and be persecuted,” she had said on Monday.

Elections to the northeastern state will be conducted in three phases – on March 27, April 1 and April 6.