Rahul Gandhi made people realise how important unity is for country: Kapil Sibal

Former Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday hailed the Bharat Jodo Yatra saying Rahul Gandhi has been able to bring together disparate elements of society and make them realise how important it is to ensure unity in the countrySibal who quit the Congress last year said the partys Kanyakumari to Kashmir Yatra optically seems to have succeeded and gotten the support of nonCongress elements as wellIn an interview with PTI Sibal said conceptually the Yatra is a wonderful ideaI think that he Rahul during the course of his march has been able to bring together disparate elements of society and make them realise how important it is to ensure unity in our country and that respect for diversity is at the heart of our nation moving forward the former Union minister saidYes Bharat Jodo Yatra is something that needs to be lauded Now as far as its political impact is concerned I think people are confusing the concept behind the yatra and relating it to a pure political act which I dont think it is said SibalHe said what the yatra intends to do is to show to the people that there are two ideologies that they should choose from with Bharat Jodo being the one end of the spectrum as opposed to the other end which we all know is represented by whomSibal who was among the leaders of the group of 23 that had written to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in 2020 seeking largescale organisational reforms had quit the party last year and was reelected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh with the support of the Samajwadi PartySince quitting Congress Sibal has refrained from commenting on its affairsAsked whether the yatra has succeeded Sibal said To the extent conceptually certainly and what I see of the support within the public of nonCongress elements I would say that optically it seems to have succeededAlso Read Bankey Bihari Temple corridor will open gates for intl tourism Hema MaliniTalking about Opposition unity Sibal said with the Lok Sabha elections not too far away leaders of the Opposition need to come togetherHow that will happen is something I cannot comment on I think what we need today apart from political collaboration among different political parties is also a peoples movement he assertedAsked whether he would join the Bharat Jodo Yatra going forward the senior Supreme Court advocate said I am trying to sort of take the yatra forward in courtsBesides participation from tinsel town celebrities writers military veterans including former Navy chief admiral L Ramdas and former army chief Gen Deepak Kapoor Opposition leaders such as Shiv Senas Aaditya Thackeray Priyanka Chaturvedi the NCPs Supriya Sule and National Conferences Farooq Abdullah have also joined the march at various pointsThe Yatra which is currently in Punjab after traversing the states of Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Telangana Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Haryana and Delhi will end with the hoisting of the national flag by Rahul Gandhi in Srinagar on January 30Several Opposition party chiefs and leaders have been invited for the Yatras finale in SrinagarThis 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