Family members of Gauri Lankesh join Rahul Gandhi for Bharat Jodo Yatra

Family members of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh who was murdered in 2017 joined Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi on FridayIndira Lankesh and Kavitha Lankesh mother and sister of journalist walked with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as they participated in the partys marchSenior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her residence in Bengalurus Rajarajeshwari Naga on September 5 2017Lankesh was the editor of the Gauri Lankesh Patrike a magazine described as an antiestablishment publicationIn November 2016 she was convicted of defamation and was sentenced to six months in jail after she ran a piece in 2008 that Prahlad Joshi a BJP MP from Dharwad and Umesh Dushi also of the BJP found objectionable However the court also granted her bail and allowed her to appeal to a higher courtAlso read BJP Uttar Pradesh chief tells Rahul Gandhi to start Congress Jodo YatraMeanwhile taking to Twitter Rahul Gandhi shared a picture of the march with Gauri Lankeshs mother and sister and said that he stands with Gauri Lankesh and countless others like her who represent the true spirit of IndiaGauri stood for Truth Gauri stood for Courage Gauri stood for Freedom I stand for Gauri Lankesh and countless others like her who represent the true spirit of India Bharat Jodo Yatra is their voice It can never be silenced he tweetedAs the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered its 30th day on Friday Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party workers resumed the padayatra from K Malenahalli in Mandya in KarnatakaThe padayatra will be concluded today at Adhichunchanagiri Matha StadiumOn Thursday Sonia Gandhi joined the Party Padyatra in Mandya district of KarnatakaWeve sailed through storms in the past Today too we will break the limits of all challenges and will together unite India Rahul tweeted and posted a photograph of him walking with his mother his arm around herRahul Gandhi is currently leading Bharat Jodo Yatra the 3500km march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir covering as many as 12 states The Padyatra march will cover a distance of 25 km every dayThe Padyatra march is covering a distance of 25 km every day The march was aimed to cover as many as 12 states in five months It will be in Karnataka for 21 days before moving northAccording to Congress the 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 centralisationNotably all the party MPs leaders and workers along with Rahul Gandhi are staying in containers Sleeping beds toilets and ACs 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