Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said the yatra was intended to engage with people and understand their concerns rather than deliver a one-way political message

The BJP-led central government abrogated Article 370 on August 5, 2019, revoking the special constitutional status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating it into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh