Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has met a delegation of tribal leaders from the Great Nicobar Island who are opposing the Great Nicobar project and assured them that he will raise their issues in Parliament and visit the islands to see the reality on the ground.

Sharing a video of the recent interaction, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha said development must empower people, not erase them.

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“India belongs to all its people, not a select few,” he asserted in a post on Facebook on Wednesday (March 25, 2026).

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