Bharat Jodo Yatra has brought to fore 'real' Rahul, says Congress leader Ramesh

The Bharat Jodo Yatra has brought to the fore the real Rahul Gandhi and completely changed the Congress MPs image senior party leader Jairam Ramesh asserted on TuesdayResponding to a question at a press conference in Washim in Maharashtra where the yatra has reached on its 69th day Ramesh said the crosscountry footmarch led by Gandhi has nothing to do with any state poll and if its impact has to be assessed then it can only be done in the 2024 Lok Sabha electionsThe Congress general secretary incharge of communications said Gandhi is not a dettol or fevicol brand that he has to be rebranded and the Lok Sabha MP from Kerala has his own views on key issuesBefore the Bharat Jodo Yatra the BJP had created his certain image especially on social media it never portrayed the right Rahul Gandhi The Bharat Jodo Yatra is not showing the new Rahul Gandhi it is showing the real Rahul Gandhi he saidThere is a complete change in his image due to the Bharat Jodo Yatra Today the Rahul Gandhi in media or on social media is not the one who was 70 days back the former Union minister maintainedAlso Read Sena row HC junks Uddhavs plea against EC order freezing party name symbolThe advantage of the 3570km mass outreach programme is that he is in direct contact with people without any middleman The effect of this is that the real Rahul Gandhi is before everyone Ramesh addedThe yatra which started from Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 has so far covered 28 districts across six statesIt entered Deglur in Maharashtra on November 7 and has till now covered Nanded and Hingoli districts in the state It will pass through 12 states before culminating in Jammu and Kashmir in January after covering a distance of 3570 km over nearly 150 daysRamesh said the programme has nothing to do with polls and it is a different initiativeIt is a yatra of a political party and we are fighting political challenges like economic disparity polarisation in the society Ninety per cent people who are part of the yatra are politicalOne thing is clearly seen in the way our party has united and the cohesion it has brought in the last 70 daysthe way we have started working on time There is an Indian Standard Time and there is a Congress Standard Time he addedThe impact of the yatra will depend on the party and not Gandhi he saidRamesh said from Nanded to Washim the districts covered in Maharashtra so far Sewa Dal workers are visiting homes to distribute pamphlets containing messages of the partyThis is a doortodoor campaign This has not happened in many years and this used to be the peculiarity of the Congress but we forgot this because we were in power for many years But today there is a new start said the former Union ministerEarlier pamphlets used to get printed and then pile up in Pradesh Congress Committee offices but now Sewa Dal workers are visiting households distributing them to children and women he saidThe Bharat Jodo Yatra is an opportunity for the party to reach out to people For the first time people have hit the road in large numbers at district and block levels This is a big change in the party Ramesh saidThis 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