Bharat Jodo Yatra Resumes Amid Tight Security In Jammu And Kashmir’s Kathua

Rahul Gandhi resumed Sunday from Hiranagar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.

Kathua/Jammu:

The Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, resumed on Sunday from Hiranagar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district amid tight security in the wake of the twin blasts in Jammu.

After a day’s break, the march began around 7 a.m. from Hiranagar near the international border along the Jammu-Pathankot highway, which was sealed by police and other security forces.

Carrying the tricolor accompanied by JK Pradesh Congress chief Vikar Rasool Wani, working president Raman Bhalla and hundreds of volunteers, Gandhi entered at around 8 a.m. after crossing the Londi check point at Tapyal-Gagwal in Samba district and cheers waiting on either side Workers and supporters welcomed him. of the road.

After covering a distance of about 25 kms, the march will have a night halt at Chak Nanak before resuming on Samba from Vijaipur to Jammu, where it will reach on Monday.

Adequate security arrangements have been made for Gandhi and police, CRPF and other security agencies are keeping a close watch to ensure a peaceful march, officials said.

Security has been beefed up across Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of twin bomb blasts in Narwal area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Saturday, in which nine people were injured.

Police suspect that IEDs were used to carry out the twin blasts at an SUV parked at a repair shop and a vehicle at a nearby scrap yard in Transport Nagar area of ​​Narwal.

The terror attack comes at a time when security agencies are on high alert in the area in view of the Congress visit and the upcoming Republic Day celebrations.

The march started from Kanyakumari on September 7 and entered Jammu and Kashmir from Punjab on Thursday.

The yatra is scheduled to end in Srinagar on January 30 with Gandhi unfurling the national flag at the Congress headquarters. PTI Tas DV