New Delhi: Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra led by party leader Rahul Gandhi entered Delhi in the early hours of Saturday and was warmly welcomed at Badarpur border. A large number of workers, led by Delhi Congress’ Delhi unit chief Anil Chowdhary, welcomed Gandhi and the yatris at the Delhi border at Badarpur. The yatra entered Delhi from the Faridabad side in Haryana.
Senior party leaders, including former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Kumari Selja, Randeep Surjewala, Shaktisinh Gohil and others accompanied Rahul Gandhi as part of the yatra.
Congress said, “Remove inflation, unemployment and hatred. With this voice of India, we have come to the throne of ‘King’, we have come to Delhi. Come join us in the capital to take it even higher ” Tweet in Hindi.
Remove inflation, remove unemployment, don’t spread hatred –
With this voice of India, we have come to the throne of ‘King’, have come to Delhi.
Come join us in the capital to raise it even higher.#BharatJodoYatrapic.twitter.com/gyrpl7MmVW— Congress (@INCIndia) December 23, 2022
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had earlier tweeted in Hindi that Bharat Jodo Yatra is entering its 108th day in Delhi.
He said, “Uneasiness has increased there for the last few days.
The yatra will halt at Ashram Chowk in the national capital at 11 am and will resume at 1 pm. Via Mathura Road, India Gate and ITO and will stop near Red Fort.
The yatra will take a nine-day break at the end of the year and will start again from Delhi on January 3. The yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, has so far passed through nine states and is scheduled to end in Jammu and Kashmir by the end of January.
The yatra is on its 108th day and has covered a distance of nearly 3,000 kilometers in 46 districts in nine states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana.
traffic advisory
Due to entry of Bharat Jodo Yatra of Indian National Congress in Delhi on 24.12.2022, Saturday, traffic will be affected on the following roads/intersections.Please plan your commute accordingly.#Delhi Police Update pic.twitter.com/bVyFGIERAR– Delhi Traffic Police (@dtpttraffic) December 23, 2022
Meanwhile, the Delhi Traffic Police issued an advisory to ease movement as Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra entered the national capital.