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NAVA RAIPURI, FEB 26
The Congress is considering a Pasighat-to-Porbandar yatra, party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday after Rahul Gandhi called for taking the “tapasya” of the Bharat Jodo Yatra forward.
Here is the Raipur Call to Action declared at the end of the Congress' 85th Plenary Session this afternoon. #RaipurKiHunkaar pic.twitter.com/O4kkswfmaA
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) February 26, 2023
2023 के भारत में आज भी छुआछूत जिंदा है। आज भी एक को दूसरे का मैला ढोना पड़ रहा है।
हर रोज 4 दलित बहनों का रेप होता है। रोज 2 दलित समुदाय के लोगों की हत्या होती है।
हर 18 मिनट में एक क्रूरता की घटना होती है। ये चिंता नहीं बल्कि शर्म का विषय है।
: @jigneshmevani80 जी pic.twitter.com/uRwPCR12fQ
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 26, 2023
Ramesh asserted that there was a lot of enthusiasm and energy among party workers for another yatra after the nearly 4,000-km Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir journey that was undertaken by Gandhi and scores of Congress persons from September last year to January this year. Ramesh said that an east-to-west yatra, probably from Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh to Porbandar in Gujarat, was being considered but its format could be a bit different from the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
To fight crony capitalism:
• March 6: Agitation outside SBI & LIC at block levels
• March 13: Raj Bhavan March
• Pardaaphaash Maha rally in March at district level and in April at state level with senior leaders.
It would be a 3-month campaign.
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— Congress (@INCIndia) February 26, 2023
The announcement for the upcoming foot march comes after senior Congress leader Rahul gandhi called for taking the “tapasya” of the Bharat Jodo Yatra forward.
कभी हमें महात्मा गांधी जी मिले, जिन्होंने अंग्रेजों को देश छोड़ने पर मजबूर किया था।
आज राहुल जी के रूप में नया गांधी मिला है, जिन्होंने नफरत छोड़ो- भारत जोड़ो का संदेश दिया।
इसलिए गुजारिश है कि आज सभी यहां से हाथ से हाथ मिलाने का संकल्प लेकर जाएं।
: @AmitChavdaINC जी pic.twitter.com/d5QkzNBilp
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 26, 2023
“There is a lot of enthusiasm and energy. I also think personally it is needed but the format of the east-to-west yatra may turn out to be different from the format of the south-to-north Bharat Jodo Yatra,” he said.
कांग्रेस में गरीबों के लिए काम करने का कमिटमेंट है।
ऐसा नहीं कि 'भाइयों-बहनों' बोलकर चले जाना। हम भाइयों-बहनों को साथ लेकर चलते हैं।
:@kharge जी#HaathSeHaathJodoJansabha pic.twitter.com/brGRpbMtvc
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 26, 2023
Ramesh said that the planned yatra may not have an elaborate infrastructure that was mobilised for the Bharat Jodo Yatra and may have less yatris.
He said it would largely be a padayatra but there are jungles and rivers on this route. “It would be a multi-modal yatra, but mostly it would be a padayatra,” Ramesh said.
Ramesh further said that with elections in Karnataka in April, rains from June and again state polls in November, the yatra may have to be undertaken before June or before November.
Ramesh also added that the yatra would be of a shorter duration than the Bharat Jodo Yatra. “All this will be decided in the next few weeks,” he said.
Addressing the Congress plenary session, Gandhi said the party should formulate a new plan to carry forward the “tapasya” undertaken through the Bharat Jodo Yatra and that he along with the entire country will participate in it, indicating another such initiative.
Bharat Jodo Yatra has come as a turning point: Sonia Gandhi
LIVE: Day 3 of the Congress' 85th Plenary session in Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh. #CongressSankalp2024 https://t.co/R1ZvB4YVZZ
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 26, 2023
Madam Smt. Sonia Gandhi at Congress Plenary. pic.twitter.com/OmidwIENvg
— Anshuman Sail Nehru (@AnshumanSail) February 25, 2023
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said she was happy that her innings could conclude with the Bharat Jodo Yatra and congratulated Rahul Gandhi for providing the leadership and determination that led to the success of the yatra. “The yatra has come as a turning point. It has proved that the people of India overwhelmingly want harmony, tolerance and equality. It has renewed the rich legacy of dialogue between our party and the people through mass-contact programmes. It has shown us all that the Congress stands with the people and is ready to fight for them,” she said.
Meanwhile former Union minister M Veerappa Moily, who was the chairman of the sub-group on political affairs for the plenary, said, “We have definitely given a roadmap for the Congress-led government to come back in 2024. We shall take the initiative, unite all secular and socialist forces to come along with the Congress to re-establish the Congress-led government in the country.” Kharge also took a swipe at Prime Minister Modi, alleging that the “pradhan sevak of Delhi, who gets advertisements printed every day, is serving his own friend”.
