Panipat (Haryana) [India], January 6 (ANI): Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra on Thursday completed its Uttar Pradesh leg and re-entered the state of Haryana. Thousands of people were seen welcoming the Bharat Jodo Yatra in the Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh on the final day of the UP leg.
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra which started from Kanyakumari last year. The Yatra entered Uttar Pradesh on January 3 and started from Ailum in Shamli district.
During the Yatra, thousands of people were seen coming out on the streets in support of Rahul Gandhi. The yatra covered a distance of about 15 kms and reached Unchagaon. Moving ahead from Unchagaon in the second half, it entered Haryana via Kairana. During the journey, Rahul Gandhi was increasingly meeting and talking to thousands of people. Thousands of people were standing on the roadside.
Apart from these, RLD leaders and workers also gathered in large numbers with the party flag to welcome and support the yatra. Apart from this, many small and big regional parties also participated in the yatra and gave their support. Sugarcane farmers who participated in the Yatra, brought their produce along with them. Apart from these, some groups of farmers were seen riding on tractors.
Several celebrities including actress Ritu Singh Puri joined the yatra today.
During the yatra, two dialogues were organised in Rahul Gandhi’s presence during the lunch break. The first dialogue was the Social Justice Dialogue, in which leaders from various backward castes and Dalits participated. In this dialogue there was discussion about increasing OBC reservation and caste census. The yatra which re-entered Haryana on Thursday will pass through four districts of the state between January 5 and 10.
The yatra entered Haryana through Sanauli Khurd village in Panipat district from Uttar Pradesh on January 5 evening where the participants halted for the night. The yatra will resume on Friday morning from Sanoli-Panipat road and later in the afternoon, a public meeting will be held in Panipat, which will be addressed by Rahul Gandhi. Bharat Jodo Yatra covered over 130 km in the first phase in Haryana between December 21-23 when it passed through Nuh, Gurugram, and Faridabad districts. (ANI)
Indian American academic Sheila Sen Jasanoff joins Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], October 6 (ANI): Indian American academic, Prof Sheila Sen Jasanoff (Holberg Awardee, 2022) along with Prof Jay H. Jasanoff and social science students Alan Jasanoff and Hilton Simmet from Harvard University USA, joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Bharat Jodo Yatra on Friday morning. The yatra resumed from the Sanoli-Panipat road in Haryana.
A public meeting will be held in Panipat, which will be addressed by Rahul Gandhi in the afternoon.
Thousands of people welcomed the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in the Panipat district of Haryana with fireworks.
Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra on Thursday completed its Uttar Pradesh leg and re-entered the state of Haryana on Thursday.
Talking to ANI about the Yatra, Congress leader, Selja Kumari said, “In the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, we will walk from the border to Panipat. We will have a massive rally, where Rahul Gandhi will address the public.” “There is a lot of enthusiasm in the people of Haryana, as they look up to Rahul Gandhi for their future. Taking inspiration from Rahul Gandhi, Congress will work hard in Haryana,” she added
Launching a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), the Congress leader said, “BJP is anxious because what started as a ‘Yatra’ has now become a ‘Jan Aandolan’.
Selja Kumari alleged that the industries in Panipat were in bad shape. “We should have been top in export but we are not,” she said. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra which started from Kanyakumari last year. (ANI)
