Congress to celebrate anniversary of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

In an apparent bid to keep the morale of the party workers and in view of the forthcoming assembly polls in five states-Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram-the Congress has decided to celebrate the first anniversary of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, which had bee undertaken by former party president Rahul Gandhi last year.

According to the Congress sources, the grand old party will be holding another edition of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from September seven during which senior party leaders will be taking out ‘marches in different parts of the country.

Sources said that the details of the proposed ‘yatra’ were being prepared and would soon be sent to the state Congress committees.

Rahul had launched his much talked about ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari on September seven last year. The ‘yatra’, which continued for 145 days and traversed 4000 kilometre and concluded at Srinagar on January 30.

Rahul had also addressed a dozeN public meetings during the ‘Yatra’.

Congress leaders said that Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ had yielded political dividends as was reflected in the impressive Congress victory in the Karnataka assembly poll earlier this year.

The leaders feel that a similar ‘yatra’ on the eve of the assembly polls in five states and a few months before the next Lok Sabha polls scheduled to be held in May 2024, may also prove to be politically beneficial for the party which nurtures dreams to return to power in the assembly and the Parliamentary elections.

The leaders said that the ‘yatra’ would energise the Congress workers and also send a positive message to the electorate at large. ‘’We will be taking up the issues confronting the common people like rising prices of the essential commodities and the law and order situation,’’ said a senior Congress leader.