Yatra continues till hatred is eradicated, India is united: Rahul Gandhi on Bharat Jodo Yatra anniversary

On the first anniversary of the launch of the Bharat Jodo Yatra Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the yatra will continue till hatred is eradicated and India is unitedRahul Gandhi also shared a video montage on X of his over 4000 km Kanyakumari to Kashmir yatra that was launched on this day last yearIn a post in Hindi Rahul Gandhi said The crores of steps of Bharat Jodo Yatra towards unity and love have become the foundation of a better tomorrow for the country pictwittercom8LqTx7ZupVmdash Rahul Gandhi RahulGandhi September 7 2023The journey continues till hatred is eradicated till India unites This is my promise the former Congress chief saidOn the first anniversary of the partys Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said the foot march was not just a physical endeavour but a sincere effort to rebuild our broken collective conscienceDescribing the Bharat Jodo Yatra as a peoples movement Mallikarjun Kharge said it continues to fight the menace of hate and hostility in society through a conversationThe Bharat Jodo Yatra is not just a physical endeavour it is a sincere effort to rebuild our broken collective conscience Our ingrained values of justice liberty equality and fraternity for us are supreme Mallikarjun Kharge said in a statement posted on XThe Congress party is continuously reaching out to people in an endeavour to reclaim our Constitution and protect our Democracy he saidThe trend of manufacturing irrelevant headlines to divert attention from the real issues of people to hide the agenda of hate and division is a systemic attack on our collective conscience Mallikarjun Kharge saidHe asserted that the yatra seeks to bring real issues of economic inequalities price rise unemployment social injustices subversion of Constitution centralisation of power to the centre stage of peoples imaginationThe Bharat Jodo Yatra is a peoples movement unequalled in history Kharge saidAs the yatra completes one year today on behalf of the Indian National Congress I congratulate Rahul Gandhi all Bharat Yatris and the lakhs of our citizens who walked and joined in this historic endeavour he saidFrom Kanyakumari to Kashmir the Bharat Jodo Yatra covered more than 4000 kilometres and carried a message of unity in diversity with lakhs of people from all walks of life the Congress chief saidDuring the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra Rahul Gandhi addressed 12 public meetings more than 100 street corner meetings and 13 press conferences He had over 275 planned walking interactions and more than 100 sitting interactionsSeveral experts had said a big takeaway from the Bharat Jodo Yatra for the Congress had been Rahul Gandhis image transformation from a reluctant and parttime politician to one who is mature and taken seriously by opponentsWith over 4000 kilometres under his belt Gandhi had managed to catch the attention of his supporters as well as detractorsThe march saw participation from a crosssection of society including film and TV celebrities such as Kamal Haasan Pooja Bhatt Riya Sen Swara Bhasker Rashami Desai Akanksha Puri and Amol PalekarBesides writers and military veterans including former Army chief Gen Retd Deepak Kapoor and exNavy chief Admiral Retd L Ramdas and noted people such as former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and exfinance secretary Arvind Mayaram had also participated in the yatraOpposition leaders such as National Conferences Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah PDPs Mehbooba Mufti Shiv Senas Aaditya Thackeray Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut and NCPs Supriya Sule had also walked alongside Gandhi at various points in time during the marchWith inputs from PTI