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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said the aim of his Bharat Jodo Yatra was to save the liberal and secular ethos of the country which, he claimed, was facing an assault from the BJP and the RSS.
“I have not done this (Yatra) for myself or for the Congress but for the people of the country. Our aim is to stand against the ideology that wants to destroy the foundation of this country,” he said at a rally here to mark the culmination of the 136-day march.
The rally went ahead despite heavy snowfall in the city. Gandhi said the RSS and the BJP were targeting the liberal and secular ethos of the country by inciting violence.
#WATCH | Srinagar:Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, “…Four children came to me. They were beggars&had no clothes on…I hugged them…They were cold&shivering. Maybe they didn’t have food. I thought that if they’re not wearing jackets or sweaters, I too shouldn’t wear the same…” pic.twitter.com/Mo81yWMvho
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2023
Earlier, The Gandhi scion hoisted the national flag at the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ camp site here and followed it with a fun snowball fight with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Donning a white T-shirt and a sleeveless jacket, the former Congress chief hoisted the flag at the camp site in Panthachowk to the tunes of the national anthem played to mark the culmination of the yatra, amid a fresh snowfall in the city.
#WATCH | Tricolour hoisted at Congress office in Srinagar, J&K, in the presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, at the end of Bharat Jodo Yatra pic.twitter.com/XSFxI6aJCP
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2023
In a brief address to the ‘Bharat Yatris’, Gandhi thanked them for their love, affection and support through the 136-day foot march, which began in Kanyakumari on September 7 last year.
Rahul, you said you’ve come to Kashmir your home. It’s your home. I hope what the Godse ideology snatched from J&K, from this nation will be restored. Gandhi ji said he can see a ray of hope in J&K. Today, nation can see a ray of hope in Rahul Gandhi said Mehbooba Mufti, former J&K Chief Minister and PDP leader as quoted by ANI
Omar Abdullah , National Conference vice- president and former J&K Chief Minister quoted by ANI said , It has been a very successful yatra. Nation needed this. It has proven that there are people who like BJP & there are people who want a new Govt except BJP, who want harmony and want to live in peace and love with each other -something which the BJP can’t give.
