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CONGRESS’ BHARAT JODO YATRA

Party expects big gains in 2024 as

Rahul Gandhi mobilizes party leaders & cadre

It is the longest march on foot by any Indian politician in the history of India and getting support

from various political parties and social organizations

OUR BUREAU General Secretary Jairam Ramesh
confirmed.
Shegaon/Guwahati
Notably, Congress MP Rahul
he impact of Bharat Jodo Ya- Gandhi earlier paid tribute to his
tra led by Congress leader Ra- grandmother and former Prime
Thul Gandhi will be felt in the Minister of India Indira Gandhi on
next parliamentary elections in 2024 her death anniversary on the 31st of
not in assembly elections, the party October, 2022. He took to Twitter
general secretary in-charge commu- and said he would not let her “sacri-
nications Jairam Ramesh said on fice for the country go in vain”.
Tuesday. It is the longest march on foot by
Talking to the media, Ramesh any Indian politician in the history of
said that the impact of Bharat Jodo India, the Congress claimed earlier
Yatra, if any, would be felt in 2024 in a statement. Bharat Jodo Yatra is
elections, and not in assembly elec- getting support from various politi-
tions of various states including Gu- cal parties and social organizations
jarat and Himachal Pradesh. “You across the country and the response
will ask, what will be its impact in is increasing day by day.
Gujarat or Himachal polls. It won’t While the Rahul Gandhi-led
have any”, he said. ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, which got roll-
“Bharat Jodo Yatra has nothing ing from Kanyakumari on Septem-
to do with any vote bank. Its motive ber 7, is still in Maharashtra, the one
is different, beyond politics. This is a launched parallelly by the state Con-
yatra of political people against po- gress in Assam on November 1 saw
litical thieves”, he added. thousands of leaders and workers
“The Yatra will promote togeth- massing in state capital Guwahati on
erness; it has united our party. Its Thursday.
impact, if any, will be felt in 2024 Drawing inspiration from the
elections”, he added. Rahul-led nationwide march, which
Meanwhile, Mahatma Gandhi’s has already covered several states,
great-grandson Tushar Gandhi on the Assam Pradesh Congress Com-
Thursday said that he would join mittee (APCC) launched its own
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ with the aim of
Bharat Jodo Yatra on Friday in Ma- covering an 834 kms across the state
harashtra’s Shegaon. over 70 days.
Sharing a picture of Mahatma Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with 93-year-old Lilabai Chitale during the party’s Bharat Jodo Congress’s Assam march kicked
Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru Yatra, at Patur, in Akola on Thursday. Lilabai Chitale went to jail in 1942 as she participated in off from Golakganj in the Dhubri
on Facebook, Tushar Gandhi said district, along the Assam-West Ben-
that he would join Rahul Gandhi’s the Quit India Movement of 1942. She joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Balapur (ANI) gal border, towards Sadiya district
Bharat Jodo Yatra tomorrow in on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh
Shegaon. “Now I am on my way to stituencies in Five districts of Maha- cal parties and social organizations border.
Shegaon to join Rahul Gandhi in rashtra and would cover a distance across the country and the response As the march rolled into Guwa-
the Bharat Jodo Yatra tomorrow. A of 382 Kms. is increasing day by day. hati on Thursday, it was joined by
photograph of both our ancestors to- Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began On the 19th of November, on thousands of Congress leaders and
gether in Sevagram,” he wrote. on September 7 from Kanyakumari, the occasion of Indira Gandhi Jayan- workers, including APCC president
The Bharat Jodo Yatra is cur- will cover a further distance of 2,355 ti, the Bharat Jodo Yatra will see the Bhupen Kumar Borah, AICC gen-
rently in its Maharashtra leg. The km in its 3,570-km march. It will end participation of Women only, said eral secretary Jitendra Singh, Con-
Yatra has already covered parts of in Kashmir next year. Ramesh, on Thursday. “On 19 No- gress MPs Gaurav Gogoi, Pradyut
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, It is the longest march on foot by vember, Indira Gandhi Jayanti, only Bordoloi and Abdul Khaleque,
Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana any Indian politician in the history of women will walk with Rahul Gand- along with party MLAs Rakibul
before entering Maharashtra. Ra- India, the Congress claimed earlier hi. The whole day women will walk Hussain, Rekibuddin Ahmed, Nan-
hul Gandhi will travel through 15 in a statement. Bharat Jodo Yatra is alongside Rahul Gandhi,” Speak- dita Das, Sibamoni Borah and Jakir
Assembly and 6 Parliamentary Con- getting support from various politi- ing about the event, the Congress’s Hussain Sikdar.

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