Congress resumes 'Padayatra' from TN's Mulagumoodu, to enter Kerala today

Congress leaders on Saturday resumed the fourth day of the partys Bharat Jodo Yatra from Mulagumoodu in Kanyakumari and it is likely to enter Kerala by today eveningCongress MP Rahul Gandhi along with other party leaders commenced their journey to unite IndiaEarlier on Friday while addressing the media persons Rahul Gandhi said Bharat Jodo Yatra is an attempt to undo the damage done by the BJP and RSSThe Congress MP from Wayanad also attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP for taking control of all institutionsAlso read BJPs swipe at Rahul Gandhi over price of his Tshirt Congress says ruling party rattledFor us this yatra is to connect with the people We have taken out this yatra against the damage and hatred that BJPs ideology has caused to this country he saidBJP has taken control of all the institutions of this country and pressurise through them We are not fighting as a political party anymore The fight is now between the structure of the Indian state and the opposition the Congress MP saidFrankly the battle has been going on between two different visions for a couple of thousand years now and it will continue There are two different visions of India one vision is rigid and controlling while another is plural and openminded The battle will continue he further addedHowever taking a pot shot at the Rahul Gandhiled Bharat Jodo Yatra Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said that India is already united under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra ModiRahul Gandhi is going on Bharat Jodo yatra nowadays But India is already united under the leadership of PM Modi Thakur saidThere is not even a Rs 1 scam allegation on Modi government The doubleengine BJP government in both the Centre and State has worked together to take the state and country forward We cant let the country get divided and must work with unity to take it forward he addedOn the other hand Bhartiya Janta Party BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jugal Thakor Lokhandwala said this is not Bharat Jodo Yatra but Nafarat failayo YatraWhile taking a swipe at Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri advised Congress leaders to refuel their vehicles in the BJPruled states so that they can save moneyPuri said during the yatra Congress leaders can save around Rs 1050Rs 2205 per diesel vehicle while traversing 3500 kms through 12 statesIn an apparent attack on Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi BJP chief J P Nadda called the Congress the party of a brother and sister and emphasised that his own party was against dynastic cultureCongress is a party of brother and sister These days Chief Minister Bhagel is going to Bharat Jodo rallies they need to first align their own party Our fight is against family politics said NaddaA 3500km march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir will be undertaken by Rahul Gandhi which will be completed in 150 days and cover as many as 12 statesAfter reaching Kerala on September 11 the Yatra will traverse through the state for the next 18 days reaching Karnataka on September 30 It will be in Karnataka for 21 days before moving north The Padyatra march will cover a distance of 25 km every dayThe Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra is being held to combat the divisive politics of the BJPled Centre and to awaken the people of the country to the dangers of economic inequalities social polarisation and political centralisationThe Yatra will include Padayatras rallies and public meetings which will be attended by the senior Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi VadraNotably all the party MPs leaders and workers along with Rahul Gandhi are staying Sleeping beds toilets and AC are also installed in some of the containers During the journey the temperature and environment will differ in many areas The arrangements have been made keeping in view the intense heat and humidity with the change of placesThe Congress suffered a debacle in the assembly polls held earlier this year and the Yatra is seen as an attempt to rally the party rank and file for the upcoming electoral battlesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever