KANYAKUMARI: Rahul Gandhi is on a roll! After wowing the internet with his abs and biceps, the Congress leader on Monday was seen taking part in a push-up challenge with students of St. Joseph’s Matriculation Hr. Sec. School in Mulagumoodu. Rahul, who is on a three-day tour of poll-bound Tamil Nadu, was asked by Merolin Shenigha, a 10th standard Judo enthusiast, to do 15 push-ups, to which he readily agrees. Showing off his fitness, he completed 15 push-ups in less than a minute amid loud claps and cheers.
Making the challenge even more demanding, Rahul said, “Now, we make it difficult and try with one hand. He then pulls off a push-up with just one arm, an apparent demonstration of his physical strength. The Wayanad MP also interacted with students, giving them some fitness tips and clicked pictures with them.
#WATCH: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi dances with students of St. Joseph's Matriculation Hr. Sec. School in Mulagumoodubn, Tamil Nadu during an interaction with them pic.twitter.com/RaSDpuXTqQ
— ANI (@ANI) March 1, 2021
Not only that, Rahul Gandhi also danced with the students of the school along with AICC Tamil Nadu in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao and PCC Chief KS Alagiri. “PCC president and Dinesh, please come. I am not going down alone. If I am going to look bad, I am going to look bad with other people,” he said before shaking a leg. In the video, he is seen holding the hands of students and other leaders and trying to match the steps, while dancing to the tune of a song sung by a student.
#WATCH: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi doing push-ups and 'Aikido' with students of St. Joseph's Matriculation Hr. Sec. School in Mulagumoodubn, Tamil Nadu pic.twitter.com/qbc8OzI1HE
— ANI (@ANI) March 1, 2021
On Monday morning, Gandhi was seen relishing palmyra palm fruit at Achangulam village road while he was on his way to Nagercoil in Kanyakumari district. A video tweeted by the official Twitter handle of Congress showed Rahul Gandhi surrounded by locals, who teach him how to enjoy the refreshing fruit.
Earlier, a photo of Rahul Gandhi where his abs could be seen through his T-shirt had gone viral. On February 24, he dived into the sea with fisherman in Kerala’s Kollam where his abs was faintly visible through his wet T-shirt. Twitter users were impressed with his abs and some people had also compared his body to those of superheroes.
Notably, Tamil Nadu will witness a single-phased assembly elections this year. The polling in Tamil Nadu will take place on April 6, 2021, and the counting will take place on May 2.