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Congress may launch another campaign

after the ‘success’ of first Bharat Jodo Yatra

The Bharat Jodo Yatra is a 3,500-km march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir that will be
completed in 150 days and cover as many as 12 states

OUR BUREAU nataka on September 30. It will be in
Karnataka for 21 days before mov-
Kanyakumari/Chennai
ing north. The Padyatra (march) will
ongress leader Jairam Ramesh cover a distance of 25 km every day.
has said that if the Bharat According to Congress, the
CJodo yatra led by Rahul Gand- ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is being held
hi from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to combat the divisive politics of
turns successful then the party will go the BJP-led Centre and to awaken
ahead with another yatra from Guja- the people of the country to the
rat to Arunachal Pradesh. dangers of economic inequalities,
As Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra social polarization, and political
entered its eighth day, party lead- centralization.
ers led by Rahul Gandhi started The Yatra includes Padayatras,
the march from Kollam on Friday. rallies, and public meetings which
Jairam Ramesh indicated that the will be later attended by the senior
Bharat Jodo Yatra is not linked to Congress leaders including Sonia
the election campaigns in Gujarat Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
and Himachal. Notably, all the party MPs, lead-
“We’ll cover nearly 3,100km in ers, and workers along with Rahul
150 days in the second phase. This Gandhi are staying together. Sleep-
is the longest march undertaken by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the 7th day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Kollam on ing beds, toilets, and ACs are also
any political party in the world. Ear- Wednesday. (ANI Photo/Congress twitter) installed in some of the containers.
lier it was the one undertaken by During the journey, the tempera-
Chinese leader Mao Zedong. If the ture and environment will differ in
yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir many areas. The arrangements have
turns successful, we’ll go ahead with been made keeping in view the in-
the one from Gujarat to Arunachal tense heat and humidity with the
Pradesh,” AICC general secretary change of place.
Jairam Ramesh said in Kollam. The Congress suffered a debacle
Congress reacted after politi- in the assembly polls held earlier this
cal parties questioned about taking year and the Yatra is seen as an at-
the yatra from States where BJP tempt to rally the party rank and file
is not predominant. “Bharat Jodo for the upcoming electoral battles.
or Seat Jodo? 18 days in Kerala, Meanwhile, Opposition leader
2 days in UP. Strange way to fight in the Karnataka Legislative As-
BJP-RSS,” said a tweet by the CPM sembly Siddaramaiah on Thursday
whose Pinarayi Vijayan heads Ker- condemned the Enforcement Direc-
ala’s Left Democratic Front (LDF) torate (ED) summon to Karnataka
government. Kerala is the only state Congress president DK Shivakumar
where the Left has a government. and called it a frustrated attempt to
The CPM was the Congress’s elec- thwart Bharat Jodo Yatra.
tion partner in the 2021 West Ben- “In an attempt to thwart the
gal Assembly election but the grand Congress leader Rahul Gandhi takes a selfie with the students at Chathannoor in Kollam during preparations for BharatJodaYatra
old party is the Left outfit’s principal and harass Congress leaders, ED
opposition in the southern state. the 7th day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, on Wednesday. (ANI Photo/Congress twitter) has summoned KPCC President,
Jairam Ramesh reacted to CPM DK Shivakumar again. While INC
and tweeted: “Do your homework On the seventh day, Rahul Before starting the march from Karnataka continues to expose 40
better on how and why yatra was Gandhi interacted with students at Navayikkulam, Rahul Gandhi paid Percent Sarkara, BJP is misusing in-
planned the way it is. And silly crit- Chathannur in the Kollam district. his respects to social reformer Sree stitutions to divert the attention of
icism from a party that is the A team “As we conclude the first week Narayana Guru at Sivagiri mutt in people,” tweeted Siddaramaiah.
of BJP in the land of MunduModi”. of Bharat Jodo Yatra today, with the Kerala. Karnataka Congress president
The Yatra resumed today after a distance covered and souls we con- The 3,500-km march from DK Shivakumar has been asked to
one-day break on September 15. nected with, our commitment grew Kanyakumari to Kashmir will be attend the hearing related to a mon-
The yatra completed its seventh stronger, our goal became clearer, completed in 150 days and cover as ey laundering case by ED. The hear-
day on Wednesday which was started and our family grew larger. This is many as 12 states. From Kerala, the ing has been slated for September 19.
from Navayikkulam in Kerala’s Thi- the power of truth; the power of one- Yatra will traverse through the state Sources say that Shivakumar has de-
ruvananthapuram. ness,” the Congress said. for the next 18 days, reaching Kar- cided to write a letter asking for time.

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