After paying tribute and a spotlight on September 7 on the Sriperumbudur memorial close to Chennai, the positioning of his father Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in 1991, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will launch the ‘Bharat Jodi Yatra’ (rally to unite India) in Kanyakumari. The get together is describing the yatra because the longest rally within the nation within the final century.
Urging everybody to take part within the yatra, the Congress final week mentioned the rally was meant to supply an alternative choice to the “politics of fear, bigotry and prejudice” and economics of livelihood destruction, rising unemployment and rising inequalities.
Logo, tagline, web site of Bharat Jodo Yatra
Congress unveiled a emblem, tagline, pamphlet and web site for the Yatra. The tagline or slogan of the nationwide foot march is “Found steps, Jud Watan“(Let’s go collectively, unite the nation).
Travel route map. (Source: Bharatjodoyatra.in)
Speaking on the launch, Congress chief Digvijay Singh mentioned that any individual can join with Rahul by registering on the web site – http://www.bharatjodoyatra.in,
India Jodi Yatra Anthem launched
The opposition get together launched the anthem of the yatra on Monday. It was launched on the AICC headquarters in New Delhi at a press convention addressed by get together normal secretary in-charge communication Jairam Ramesh.
During the convention, the Congress mentioned that its ‘Bharat Jodi Yatra’ from Kashmir to Kanyakumari was on no account a ‘Mann Ki Baat’, however geared toward making certain that the issues and calls for of the individuals attain Delhi.
Senior leaders and get together spokespersons on Monday addressed press briefings at 28 locations to emphasize the necessity for the India Jodi Yatra starting on September 7 in Kanyakumari.
Ramesh mentioned that stay streaming will even be achieved on the official web site of the Yatra.
India Couple Tour: Flagged off in Tamil Nadu
Ahead of the launch, Rahul Gandhi will attend a prayer assembly on the memorial of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Sriperumbudur and attend an occasion in Kanyakumari the place Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel might be current. . Here the nationwide flag of Khadi might be handed over to the previous Congress President.
After this system organized on the Mahatma Gandhi Mandapam the place Stalin might be current, Rahul together with different Congress leaders will go to the rally website from the place the yatra will start.
Although the three,570-km journey from Kanyakumari to Srinagar might be formally began on the rally, it’s going to really start at 7 am on September 8 when Rahul and several other different Congress leaders will embark on the yatra.
The padyatra will run in two batches, one from 7-10:30 am and the opposite from 3:30 pm to six:30 pm. While the morning session will see a small variety of individuals, the night session will see mass mobilization. Ramesh mentioned that on a mean pedestrians would stroll 22-23 kms every day.
Along with the primary yatra, there might be separate small India pair yatras in states like Assam, Tripura, Bihar, Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal and Nagaland, he mentioned.
What is the itinerary of India Jodi Tour?
The padyatra (foot march) will start on September 7 at Kanyakumari and finish at Jammu. The yatra will run for 4 days in Tamil Nadu from September 7 to 10. From the subsequent day onwards, this journey will proceed from the neighboring state of Kerala.
The get together’s state president DK Shivakumar on Monday mentioned it’s going to cowl a distance of 511 km in Karnataka in 21 days.
“Some locations out of 511 km in our state cowl forest areas. The journey in these areas might be determined by the AICC after discussions with the native authorities and the police. This yatra will run for 21 days in eight districts of the state and all our leaders and employees will take part in it. He mentioned that the gap to be coated every day can be selected the premise of native situations and visits to be achieved on the native stage.
March will cowl 12 states and two union territories. It might be about 3,500 km lengthy and might be accomplished in about 150 days, senior get together chief Jairam Ramesh instructed reporters final week.
Are the preparations occurring?
Security officers visited the Sriperumbudur memorial as a part of a preparatory train. Congress get together sources instructed PTI Keeping in thoughts the target of the get together’s nationwide go to, work is being achieved to make sure correct preparations in Sriperumbudur.
Prayer, a theme based mostly on the tricolor to invoke nationalist sentiments to overthrow the BJP rule on the Centre, is being mentioned.
Why cease at Sriperumbudur?
Rahul Gandhi’s father and former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991. This is Rahul’s first go to to his memorial, which was opened in 2003.
Rahul seeks participation of 150 civil society organizations
Rahul not too long ago held a gathering with civil society members at a conference the place the get together’s journey plans have been shared and mentioned.
More than 150 civil society organizations, professionals and unions like Aruna Roy, Syeda Hameed, Sharad Bihar, PV Rajagopal, Bezwada Wilson, Devnura Mahadeva, GN Devi and Yogendra Yadav participated within the ‘Bharat Jodi Yatra Conclave’. ,
Several outstanding civil society members and political leaders together with Yogendra Yadav, Jairam Ramesh and Digvijay Singh have been current throughout the assembly held on the Constitution Club in Delhi. Earlier, Singh introduced the main points of the “Bharat Jodi Yatra” to civil society representatives and invited audio system on individuals’s points to take part in it.
Rahul mentioned on the conclave that the yatra was like an “penance” for him and he was prepared for a “long fight” to unite the nation.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
