The third day of the Kerala leg of Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra which commenced on Tuesday, again saw an encouraging turnout with scores of people lining up on the roadsides despite intermittent rains here, to greet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the padyatris. The Congress leaders, including Gandhi, marched along the streets without an umbrella when it was raining.

In a Facebook post, Gandhi quoted a Hindi verse stating that even though the feet have blisters, the yatra will not stop as they are out to unite the country. The third day of the yatra, which commenced around 7.15 am from Kaniyapuram near Kazhakootam, saw an encouraging turnout of people like the previous two days of the Kerala leg of the foot march, which is set to cover 3,570 kilometres from Kanyakumari to Kashmir over a 150-day period. When the yatra reached its first halt point of the day at Attingal here, AICC general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "The padayatra has just reached the morning break point at Mamom near Attingal, where there will be a number of interactions with different groups." The yatra is scheduled to resume at 5 pm and end for the day at Kallambalam junction here in the evening.