Rahul Gandhi to hoist national flag in Srinagar on Jan 30

The Bharat Jodo Yatra will resume its second leg of the journey from Delhi on January 3 after covering nine states and a Union Territory in its first leg and will end it with the hoisting of the national flag by Rahul Gandhi in Srinagar on January 30Addressing a joint press conference AICC general secretary organisation K C Venugopal and AICC general secretary communications Jairam Ramesh said the Bharat Jodo Yatra has so far covered 3122 km from Gandhi Mandapam in Kanyakumari to the Red Fort in DelhiOver the 108 days the Yatra has covered 49 districts in nine states and one Union Territory Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Telangana Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Haryana and DelhiThe Yatra will continue from Delhi on January 3 walking through Uttar Pradesh from the same day to January 5 Haryana from January 6 to 10 Punjab from January 11 to 20 and spending one day in Himachal Pradesh on January 19The Yatra will enter Jammu and Kashmir on the evening of January 20 and will end with a flag hoisting on Srinagar on January 30 Venugopal saidHe said the message of Bharat Jodo is not limited only to the 12 states and two Union Territories through which the Yatra passesAlso Read Bharat Jodo Yatra Delhi to face heavy traffic Tuesday police issue advisorySeveral statelevel Yatras have already been announced and the upcoming Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan will take the message of Bharat Jodo to the doorstep of every Indian he saidThrough all these activities we will continue to take the message of the Bharat Jodo Yatra forward he notedRamesh said most importantly Rahul Gandhi and the Bharat Yatris have been meeting interacting and conveying the message of Bharat Jodo to tens of thousands of people every single dayThis Yatra is truly a Yatra for listening to the people of India The Yatra listens to people through large numbers of meetings he saidSo far there have been 87 sitting interactions of 3040 min with various groups usually 2030 people in each group the Congress leader saidThese groups raise various issues of the localities and states we are walking through and there have been over 200 planned walks with smaller groups of 45 people which range from celebrities to intellectuals to activists to exservicemen to local childrenIn addition there have been uncounted people whom Rahul Gandhi has greeted and walked with during the YatraTo convey the message of the Yatra there have been 95 corner meetings where Rahul Gandhi makes a short speech about the message of the Yatra at the end of the day In addition 10 large public meetings have been held to which lakhs of people have attended There have also been nine press conferences one in each state where media especially local media have freely asked questions Ramesh saidThe spirit of Bharat Jodo has also been celebrated with visits to several important religious and spiritual centres interactions and performances by numerous artistes and two Bharat Jodo concerts he saidThrough this range of mass contact efforts the Yatra is a significant milestone in the Congress Partys rich tradition of representing the voice of all Indians Ramesh saidAsked if the concerns raised by them about the security of Gandhi and other Yatris have been addressed Venugopal said the Delhi police has been holding a meeting to deal with such concerns on MondayHe said Rahul Gandhi is not afraid of any security concerns as people in large numbers are joining him The Yatra has been incidentfree so far and will continue to be soVenugopal added that he has already held a meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on security arrangements in their states and they have assured of their cooperationThis 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