Congress Launches ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ Today; Rahul Gandhi to Spend Next 150 Days in Container

Gandhi will attend an event at Mahatma Gandhi Mandapam in Kanyakumari where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will present a national flag made of khadi to him which Gandhi will hand over to Seva Dal workers who will manage the Yatra throughout.

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By Rohini Rajhansh
Congress Launches 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' Today; Rahul Gandhi to Spend Next 150 Days in Container

The Congress Party launched its 3,570-kilometer-long “Bharat Jodo Yatra” on Wednesday, claiming that it would be a turning point in Indian politics and a “new beginning.”

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who will launch the yatra at a mega rally in Kanyakumari, took part in a prayer meeting at the Rajiv Gandhi memorial in Sriperumbudur on Wednesday morning. “I lost my father to the politics of hate and division. I will not lose my beloved country to it too,” he said in a tweet later. “Love will conquer hate. Hope will defeat fear. Together, we will overcome,” he said.

Gandhi will attend an event at Mahatma Gandhi Mandapam in Kanyakumari where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will present a national flag made of khadi to him which Gandhi will hand over to Seva Dal workers who will manage the Yatra throughout. After this, Gandhi and other Congress leaders will walk to the seaside venue of the rally where the yatra will be formally launched.

The Congress hopes that by launching this Yatra, it will draw attention to economic disparities, social polarisation, and political centralization. Rahul Gandhi stated ahead of the Yatra that with all paths allegedly blocked by the government, the Congress must now go to the people and tell them the truth, which is why the party is undertaking the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra.’

Gandhi will stay in a container throughout the Yatra, which will take him 150 days to walk from Kanyakumari to Kashmir with 118 Congress leaders.

According to ANI, the party has stated that the senior leader will not stay in any hotels and will complete the journey in a straightforward manner. According to ANI, about 60 containers have been made and sent to Kanyakumari, and Gandhi and full-time Yatris will stay in them throughout the journey.

Some of the containers have been equipped with sleeping beds, toilets and air-conditioners. As the terrain, temperature and environment will change from place to place, the containers have been arranged keeping in mind intense heat and humidity in certain places. The containers will pitched in different locations each night.

According to sources, Gandhi saw the Yatra as a way to connect with ordinary people and avoided glitz and glamour.

In about five months, the yatra will travel through 12 states and two union territories, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Pujab, and Jammu and Kashmir.

Rohini Rajhansh
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