Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi Visits Kolkata, Meets Jute Mill Workers

KOLKATA, INDIA - JUNE 6: Crowd eagerly waiting at GT Road during Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's visit to Wellington Jute Mill in Rishra of Hooghly District, West Bengal, on June 6, 2015 in Kolkata, India. Claiming that both the Left Front and the Trinamool Congress have failed the people of West Bengal, Rahul Gandhi said that only Congress can bring the state back on the path of development. During his interaction with jute mill workers, He said development in West Bengal would not gather pace so long as the Congress was not administratively in charge. He was apprised of their problems related to closure of mills, wages, pension, bonus and fringe benefits, state INTUC president Ramen Pandey said. The visit comes at a time when the industry is going through one of its worst crisis as 16 of 56 jute mills in the state have remained shut for over a month now, leaving more than 70,000 workers without a livelihood. (Photo by Subhendu Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)