After greater than 100 days strolling practically your complete size of India, Rahul Gandhi, scion of the nation’s most well-known political dynasty, stood earlier than a shivering crowd in rural Himachal Pradesh as a cheer went up.

Bearded and clad in a white t-shirt, Gandhi bore not one of the vestiges of wealth or elitism which have smudged his household’s identify lately. In the village of Ghatota, Gandhi’s message to supporters on a chilly day this month was a easy one: “We started this march to bring people together.”