Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi enters 11th day

The Congress partys Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi resumed its journey on Sunday from Keralas Haripad with hundreds of party workers and leaders accompanying itThe yatra which entered its 11th day started shortly after 630 AM and senior leaders including Ramesh Chennithala K Muraleedharan Kodikunnil Suresh K C Venugopal and Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan are walking beside Gandhi in the 13 kmlong first leg of the marchGandhi was seen breaking security cordon in between to meet people waiting on both sides of the road After walking for over one hour he took a break to have tea from a hotel along the routeThe Congress party said the morning session of the yatra will conclude once it reaches Ottappana and the members will rest at Karuvatta nearbyAlso Read Denied money for Bharat Jodo Yatra shopkeeper threatened by Congress workers in KeralaAccording to the schedule the yatra will resume at 5 PM from Purakkad which is 65 km away from Karuvatta and Gandhi and the yatra members will be travelling that distance by vehicleThe evening session is scheduled to end at 7 PM near T D Medical College Hospital Vandanam The yatra will be covering 75 km in the evening legThe yatra members will be halting at Carmel College of Engineering and Technology Punnapra which is 34 km awaySenior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted that Gandhi will be meeting the farmers of Kuttanad during the morning breakDay 11 of BharatJodoYatra started at 630 am from Haripad today Bharat amp Pradesh Yatris will walk a distance of 13 kms and halt for the morning break at the Sree Kuruttu Bhagavathi Temple in Ottappana Interaction with farmers from Kuttanad amp the neighbouring district thereafter Ramesh tweetedOn Saturday Gandhi had lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over rising prices and unemployment in the country and said instead of releasing cheetahs he should spend his time resolving unemployment crisis and issues related to increase in price of essential goodsThe Congress partys 3570 km and 150day long foot march started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 and will conclude in Jammu and KashmirThe Bharat Jodo Yatra which entered Kerala on September 10 evening would traverse through the state covering 450 km touching seven districts over a period of 19 days before entering Karnataka on October 1This 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