Rahul Gandhi attended a prayer meeting on Wednesday at the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial in Sriperumbudur. The location, Sriperumbudur is the place where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on 21 May 1991. The Congress leader attended this meeting a couple of days before the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ begins. He also paid flower tribute at the late Rajiv Gandhi’s memorial. DK Shivakumar and many local congress leaders attended the prayer meeting as well.
Rahul Gandhi Is All Set To Walk 3,570km, For 150 days, With No Hotel Stay
The Congress leader will now embark on the journey of Bharat Jodo Yatra. After the prayer meeting in Sriperumbudur, Rahul Gandhi went towards Kanyakumari. On reaching there, MK Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu will present him the Indian flag and Rahul Gandhi will be in a rally starting the Bharat Jodo Yatra. The foot march of the Yatra will start tomorrow. He is now all set to begin his journey of covering 3,570 km in 150 days from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.
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Tamil Nadu | Congress MP Rahul Gandhi pays floral tribute at Rajiv Gandhi memorial in Sriperumbudur ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra pic.twitter.com/aV2FAORZgF
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Rahul Gandhi will not stay in any luxurious hotel during this nationwide yatra. All the yatris including him will stay in containers that have been arranged in different locations. There are a total of 60 containers to spend the night. Also some of these continuous have beds, air conditioners, and washroom facilities as well. Yatris will be sharing the containers among themselves except Rahul Gandhi. He will stay in one container by himself because of security purposes. The weather will be different in various locations from Kanyakumari to Kashmir in the span of 5 months. So the arrangements have been made accordingly with respect to the change in weather in every location.
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The campaign will cover 20 important locations:
- Kanyakumari
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Kochi
- Nilambur
- Mysuru
- Bellary
- Raichur
- Vikarabad
- Nanded
- Jalgaon Jamod
- Indore
- Kota
- Dausa
- Alwar
- Bulandshahar
- Delhi
- Ambala
- Pathankot
- Jammu
- Srinagar
Bharat Jodo Yatra Is To Unite The Country!
Many people are seeing the foot march of Congress as a political agenda to compete against the BJP government in the 2024 elections. But Congress has clearly stated that there is no connection between this yatra and politics. Rather the goal of Bharat Jodo Yatra is uniting India.