The concluding ceremony of the mega ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of the Congress, which ended on Sunday after traversing 12 states and union territories, will be held in Srinagar on Monday. On Sunday, Rahul Gandhi, who led the Kanyakumari to Kashmir foot march, unfurled the national flag at the historic clock tower of Lal Chowk in Srinagar as the yatra entered its final day.
Bharat Jodo Yatra closing ceremony:
1. The Bharat Jodo Yatra will formally conclude on Monday with a function at the Jammu and Kashmir Congress headquarters in Srinagar. It will be followed by a rally led by Rahul Gandhi at the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium – where the Congress and other like-minded parties are expected to join.
2. Congress has invited 21 key non-NDA parties to join the culmination of the yatra. According to a senior Congress strategist, all like-minded parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharat Rashtriya Samithi (formerly TRS), have been invited to participate in the march. Meanwhile, five political parties – AIADMK, YSRCP, BJD, AIMIM and AUIDF – were not invited.
3. On Sunday, Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by his sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other party leaders from Jammu and Kashmir for the flag hoisting.
4. Rahul Gandhi said it was “one of the most beautiful and profound experiences of his life”. Gandhi said in a press conference, “I have met thousands of people, talked to them. I have no words to understand you. The aim of the yatra was to unite India, it was against the hatred and violence spreading across the country. We had a tremendous response. In fact, no one expected to receive such a loving response.”
5. The Bharat Jodo Yatra started on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and covered 4,080 km across 12 states and two union territories – Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh , Haryana, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.
During the march, Rahul Gandhi addressed 12 public meetings, more than 100 corner meetings, 13 press conferences, more than 275 planned walking interactions and more than 100 sitting interactions.
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