Last Update: January 30, 2023, 08:14 AM IST
Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by Rahul Gandhi, began on September 7 from Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari. (Image: PTI)
After unfurling the tricolor at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk on Sunday, Rahul Gandhi spoke at an event on the eve of the conclusion of the yatra, where he said the march received overwhelming response and love from the people.
The Congress’s ambitious foot march after covering a distance of nearly 4,000 km in nearly five months came to an end with the concluding event in Kashmir on Monday. The Congress has reportedly invited 21 ‘like-minded’ opposition parties for the grand finale of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, but several major parties, including the TMC, are likely to skip it.
After unfurling the tricolor at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Sunday Rahul Gandhi Spoke on the eve of the conclusion of the yatra, where he said that the march received tremendous response and love from the people and “there will be an impact on Indian politics, but what it will be, I cannot say now.”
Top Updates:
- The rally took place after the closing ceremony at the Congress headquarters. The closing ceremony will be held at the Jammu and Kashmir Congress headquarters in Srinagar, followed by a rally led by Rahul Gandhi at the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium, where the Congress and other like-minded parties are expected to join. Hindustan Times.
- 12 opposition parties will participate. According to NDTV, 12 opposition parties will join Rahul Gandhi in the closing ceremony of the Bharat Jodo Yatra that started on September 7 last year in Kanyakumari. These include MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Tejashwi Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, CPI (m) are included. , CPI, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Kerala Congress, Farooq Abdullah-led Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, Mehbooba Mufti’s Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and Shibu Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
- TMC, SP are likely to skip. Several major opposition parties including TMC, SP and TDP are likely to stay away from the event.
- Invited ‘like-minded’ opposition parties. All like-minded parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharat Rashtriya Samiti (formerly TRS), have been invited to participate in the march, according to a senior Congress strategist, according to Hindustan Times.
- Five political parties not invited AIADMK, YSRCP, BJD, AIMIM and AIUDF – have not been invited as per reports.
- 21 opposition parties were invited. These include Trinamool Congress, Janata Dal (United), Shiv Sena-UBT, Telugu Desam Party, National Conference (both Farooq and Omar Abdullah were invited), Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, DMK, CPI. , CPI (M), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, RJD (both Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav), RLD, Hindustani Awam Morcha, People’s Democratic Party, Nationalist Congress Party, MDMK, VCK, IUML, KSM and RSP.
- Kharge had written a personal invitation to the opposition parties. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge reportedly wrote personal letters to several opposition parties, inviting them to participate in the final event of the Ekta March.
- Closing ceremony of Bharat Jodo Yatra today The culmination of the ambitious padyatra will culminate today, January 30, in Kashmir.
- Sunday was the last walking day of the yatra. The yatra started from Pantha Chowk on Sunday morning and ended near Nehru Park on Boulevard Road in the city. Rahul Gandhi unfurled the national flag at the city’s Lal Chowk in the presence of sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other party leaders.
- The yatra covered a distance of 4,080 kms passing through 12 states and two union territories. Rahul Gandhi addressed 12 public meetings, more than 100 corner meetings, 13 press conferences. According to PTI, he had over 275 walking talks and over 100 sit-down talks.
read all latest politics news Here