Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a dip into the sea with fishermen at the Thangassery beach during his election campaign in Kerala's Kollam district. Gandhi jumped from the boat when he saw some fishermen jumping into the sea. #WATCH| Kerala: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a dip in the sea with fishermen in Kollam (24.02.2021) (Source: Congress office) pic.twitter.com/OovjQ4MSSM — ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2021The Wayanad MP also interacted with fishermen and remained near the sea for around two-and-a-half hours. Earlier Gandhi had demanded the setting up of a separate ministry for fisheries at a meeting in Puducherry. The first thing I would do is to have a ministry dedicated to the fishermen of India so that your issues can be defended and protected" said Congress MP.

Source: dna February 25, 2021 08:21 UTC