ꦚAlleging that the BJP and RSS are spreading hatred in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the Bharat Jodo Yatra aims to promote harmony and brotherhood.
🍎The foot march will also raise the issues of price rise and unemployment, he said, addressing a gathering after the yatra entered Telangana Sunday morning from Karnataka.
💮The Bharat Jodo Yatra is against the ideology of BJP-RSS and hatred and violence, he said.
▨He alleged that "two Indias" exist today -- one that belongs to a select few and the rich, and the other that belongs to lakhs of youth, farmers, workers and small businessmen.
🌸"We don't want two Indias. We want only one India and all should get justice, employment in it. There should be brotherhood in the country," he said.
🐈Earlier, Gandhi was accorded a grand welcome at the Telangana-Karnataka border by Telangana Congress leaders when the yatra entered the state.
෴Congress Lok Sabha member and in-charge of party affairs in Telangana Manickam Tagore, state Congress president A Revanth Reddy, and a number of party leaders welcomed Gandhi.
♋Scores of activists were present at a bridge on Krishna river at the border when the yatra marched into Narayanpet district of Telangana.
🦩The Wayanad MP walked briefly in Telangana and took a halt at Gudebellur in the district. He left for Hyderabad by a chopper and will fly to Delhi, Congress sources said.
♈The yatra will be on break during Diwali for three days from Sunday noon till October 26, a press release from Telangana PCC said on Saturday.
🐻After that, the yatra will resume on October 27 morning from the Narayanpet district and continue in Telangana, covering 19 assembly and seven Parliamentary constituencies for a distance of 375 km, before entering Maharashtra on November 7.
꧒Gandhi will be undertaking 20-25 km 'padayatra' every day and interact with people during the foot march. He will meet intellectuals, leaders of various communities, politicians, sports, business and cinema personalities.
✤Gandhi will visit some prayer halls, mosques and temples in Telangana. Inter-faith prayers will also be offered, the TPCC said.
𝓡The Bharat Jodo Yatra began on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. Gandhi completed the marathon walk in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka before beginning the Telangana leg of the yatra.
-With PTI Input
