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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s mass contacting campaign, Bharat Jodo Yatra, reached the national capital on Saturday morning.
The foot march crossed into Delhi from Haryana after starting the padayatra from NHPC metro station, Faridabad around 6 am, ANI reported.
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, General Secretary, And Rober Vadra Joined the Yatra in Delhi
#WATCH | Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with husband Robert Vadra join Rahul Gandhi as ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ marches ahead in the national capital Delhi. pic.twitter.com/EfLkTpsNJv
— ANI (@ANI) December 24, 2022
The Yatra’s flag transfer ceremony took place near Badarpur metro station. “Some people are spreading hatred but the common man of the country is now talking about love. In every state, lakhs have joined the yatra. I’ve said to people of RSS-BJP that we’re here to open the shop of love in your ‘bazaar’ of hatred,” Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said soon after reaching Delhi.
Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to reach the Red Fort around 4:30 pm. The Yatra will also visit Rajghat and pay tribute to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
The yatra has been issued cautionary notes by the Centre amid a rise in Covid cases across the country.
Earlier on Friday, Delhi Police, issued a travel advisory, informing residents about route changes and traffic diversions.
“In view of the Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Indian National Congress in Delhi on December 24, 2022, traffic has been changed on various routes. Citizens are requested to avoid the affected roads and make maximum use of public transport,” the Delhi Traffic Police said.
So far, the Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari on September 7, has covered parts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra and Haryana.
It is the longest march on foot by any Indian politician in the history of India, the Congress has claimed.
With this yatra, Rahul Gandhi aims to mobilise the party cadre and unite the general public against the BJP’s “divisive politics in the country”.
Meanwhile , A day before the Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Delhi, the Congress on Friday alleged the Narendra Modi government is “rattled” by the “immense support” to the party’s cross country march and is finding excuses to stop it.
#WATCH | Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra enters national capital Delhi.
(Source: AICC) pic.twitter.com/KH2eyPjTxD
— ANI (@ANI) December 24, 2022
The Opposition party asserted that no matter how hard the BJP and the Sangh try, the yatra will not stop but said that if the government comes out with a science-based protocol over Covid concerns, it would follow it.
Congress general secretary in-charge K C Venugopal also said Gandhi has written to leaders and MPs of like-minded parties to join the yatra according to their convenience.
Anyone is welcome to join Bharat Jodo Yatra, be it Nitin Gadkari ji, Defence min Rajnath ji or former VP Venkaiah Naidu ji. Anyone who believes in uniting India & shunning hatred is welcome to join this yatra: Jairam Ramesh, Gen Secy in-charge-communications, Congress
