Bharat Jodo Yatra to culminate with Tricolour hoisting In Srinagar on Jan 30 – The Dispatch

NEW DELHI: The Bharat Jodo Yatra will resume its second leg of the journey from Delhi on January 3 after protecting 9 states and a Union Territory in its first leg and can finish it with the hoisting of the nationwide flag by Rahul Gandhi in Srinagar on January 30.

Addressing a joint press convention right here, AICC common secretary organisation Ok C Venugopal and AICC common secretary, communications Jairam Ramesh, mentioned the Bharat Jodo Yatra has to this point coated 3,122 km from Gandhi Mandapam in Kanyakumari to the Purple Fort in Delhi.

Over the 108 days, the Yatra has coated 49 districts in 9 states and one Union Territory — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Delhi.

”The Yatra will proceed from Delhi on January 3, strolling by way of Uttar Pradesh from the identical day to January 5, Haryana from January 6 to 10, Punjab from January 11 to twenty and spending someday in Himachal Pradesh on January 19.

”The Yatra will enter Jammu and Kashmir on the night of January 20 and can finish with a flag hoisting on Srinagar on January 30,” Venugopal mentioned.

He mentioned the message of ”Bharat Jodo” shouldn’t be restricted solely to the 12 states and two Union Territories by way of which the Yatra passes.

A number of state-level Yatras have already been introduced, and the upcoming ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan’ will take the message of Bharat Jodo to the doorstep of each Indian, he mentioned.

By way of all these actions, we’ll proceed to take the message of the Bharat Jodo Yatra ahead, he famous.

Ramesh mentioned most significantly, Rahul Gandhi and the Bharat Yatris have been assembly, interacting, and conveying the message of Bharat Jodo to tens of hundreds of individuals each single day.

”This Yatra is really a Yatra for listening to the folks of India. The Yatra listens to folks by way of massive numbers of conferences,” he mentioned.

To date, there have been 87 sitting interactions of 30-40 min with numerous teams, often 20-30 folks in every group, the Congress chief mentioned.

These teams increase numerous problems with the localities and states we’re strolling by way of and there have been over 200 deliberate walks with smaller teams of 4-5 folks, which vary from celebrities to intellectuals to activists to ex-servicemen to native kids.

As well as, there have been uncounted folks whom Rahul Gandhi has greeted and walked with through the Yatra.

”To convey the message of the Yatra, there have been 95 nook conferences, the place Rahul Gandhi makes a brief speech in regards to the message of the Yatra on the finish of the day. ”As well as, 10 massive public conferences have been held, to which lakhs of individuals have attended. There have additionally been 9 press conferences, one in every state, the place media, particularly native media, have freely requested questions,” Ramesh mentioned.

The spirit of Bharat Jodo has additionally been celebrated with visits to a number of necessary non secular and non secular centres, interactions and performances by quite a few artistes, and two Bharat Jodo live shows, he mentioned.

”By way of this vary of mass contact efforts, the Yatra is a major milestone within the Congress Celebration’s wealthy custom of representing the voice of all Indians,” Ramesh mentioned.

Requested if the considerations raised by them in regards to the safety of Gandhi and different Yatris have been addressed, Venugopal mentioned the Delhi police has been holding a gathering to cope with such considerations on Monday.

He mentioned Rahul Gandhi shouldn’t be afraid of any safety considerations as folks in massive numbers are becoming a member of him. The Yatra has been incident-free to this point and can proceed to be so.

Venugopal added that he has already held a gathering with Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on safety preparations of their states they usually have assured of their cooperation.