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  • Raj drama intensifies: Tharoor meets Rahul for nod as authentic pick out for Congress president

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    T’PURAM/PALAKKAD: An afternoon after the beginning of the political drama in Rajasthan that would lead to Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot pulling out of the Congress presidential ballot, focal point has as soon as once more shifted to Shashi Tharoor. With Gehlot loyalists turning in a surprise to the top command on Sunday through threatening to surrender in opposition to its transfer to call Sachin Pilot because the CM’s successor, Tharoor, the Thiruvananthapuram MP, on Monday rushed to Pattambi in Palakkad to accompany Rahul Gandhi all through the Bharat Jodo Yatra and sought his clearance to be the authentic candidate.

    Tharoor flew to Kochi and went to Pattambi through street. His impromptu shuttle stuck even senior Congress leaders within the district through marvel. Ahead of he joined Rahul for the padayatra, Tharoor instructed newshounds that the Gandhi circle of relatives had no objections to his candidature.

    “I spoke with Rahul Gandhi over the telephone. All 3 contributors of the Gandhi circle of relatives have prolonged their improve. There have additionally been requests from a number of states for my candidature. So, I’ve made up our minds to throw my hat within the ring. You are going to know who’re backing me after I publish my nomination on September 30,” he stated.

    Tharoor showed that he’s going to publish his nomination papers on Friday, the closing day, after accumulating signatures of 10 Congress office-bearers from around the nation. Pronouncing he had elicited each improve and opposition from Kerala, Tharoor termed it customary and a wholesome check in a democracy.

    ‘I believe extra applicants must take part’

    On Gehlot’s candidature, Tharoor stated, “As a candidate, one must be capable to face an opponent with self belief. Individually, extra applicants must take part. Not like different events, there may be certainly inside democracy in Congress.”

    Celebration assets from New Delhi showed to TNIE that the shuttle was once Tharoor’s ultimate try to persuade the Congress management about his purpose to contest because the authentic candidate.“The top command remains to be no longer satisfied that Tharoor is a major candidate. He would possibly percentage an in depth rapport with the Gandhi circle of relatives, however that doesn’t essentially stand him in just right stead. He’s but to score the political stature of alternative senior leaders like Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, Mallikarjun Kharge, Mukul Wasnik and Sushil Kumar Shinde whose names also are doing the rounds for the Congress presidential election,” stated a supply.

    The election, if required, could be hung on October 17 and the consequences shall be declared on October 19.
    In the meantime, Congress nationwide normal secretary (group) Okay C Venugopal rushed from Pattambi to New Delhi after Congress intervening time leader Sonia Gandhi summoned him to get to the bottom of the imbroglio created through Gehlot.

    T’PURAM/PALAKKAD: An afternoon after the beginning of the political drama in Rajasthan that would lead to Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot pulling out of the Congress presidential ballot, focal point has as soon as once more shifted to Shashi Tharoor. With Gehlot loyalists turning in a surprise to the top command on Sunday through threatening to surrender in opposition to its transfer to call Sachin Pilot because the CM’s successor, Tharoor, the Thiruvananthapuram MP, on Monday rushed to Pattambi in Palakkad to accompany Rahul Gandhi all through the Bharat Jodo Yatra and sought his clearance to be the authentic candidate.

    Tharoor flew to Kochi and went to Pattambi through street. His impromptu shuttle stuck even senior Congress leaders within the district through marvel. Ahead of he joined Rahul for the padayatra, Tharoor instructed newshounds that the Gandhi circle of relatives had no objections to his candidature.

    “I spoke with Rahul Gandhi over the telephone. All 3 contributors of the Gandhi circle of relatives have prolonged their improve. There have additionally been requests from a number of states for my candidature. So, I’ve made up our minds to throw my hat within the ring. You are going to know who’re backing me after I publish my nomination on September 30,” he stated.

    Tharoor showed that he’s going to publish his nomination papers on Friday, the closing day, after accumulating signatures of 10 Congress office-bearers from around the nation. Pronouncing he had elicited each improve and opposition from Kerala, Tharoor termed it customary and a wholesome check in a democracy.

    ‘I believe extra applicants must take part’

    On Gehlot’s candidature, Tharoor stated, “As a candidate, one must be capable to face an opponent with self belief. Individually, extra applicants must take part. Not like different events, there may be certainly inside democracy in Congress.”

    Celebration assets from New Delhi showed to TNIE that the shuttle was once Tharoor’s ultimate try to persuade the Congress management about his purpose to contest because the authentic candidate.“The top command remains to be no longer satisfied that Tharoor is a major candidate. He would possibly percentage an in depth rapport with the Gandhi circle of relatives, however that doesn’t essentially stand him in just right stead. He’s but to score the political stature of alternative senior leaders like Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, Mallikarjun Kharge, Mukul Wasnik and Sushil Kumar Shinde whose names also are doing the rounds for the Congress presidential election,” stated a supply.

    The election, if required, could be hung on October 17 and the consequences shall be declared on October 19.
    In the meantime, Congress nationwide normal secretary (group) Okay C Venugopal rushed from Pattambi to New Delhi after Congress intervening time leader Sonia Gandhi summoned him to get to the bottom of the imbroglio created through Gehlot.

  • John Cusack helps Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra: Cohesion to all anti-fascists

    Hollywood famous person John Cusack on Saturday prolonged his reinforce to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and stated he stands in unity with “anti-fascists in all places”.

    Cusack, the famous person of blockbusters corresponding to “Serendipity”, “Top Constancy”, “Con Air” and “2012”, has been vocal about quite a lot of international problems on social media.

    Taking to Twitter, the 56-year-old actor wrote, “Indian parliament member Rahul Gandhi is strolling to Kashmir – from Kerala.” After a consumer thanked Cusack for supporting Gandhi’s marketing campaign, the actor stated, “Sure – unity – to all anti fascists in all places!” The actor had previous prolonged reinforce to the farmers’ protests towards 3 farm rules and to the scholars protesting towards the Citizenship (Modification) Act.

    The Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra will duvet 3,570 km in 150 days. It began from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 and can conclude in Jammu and Kashmir.

    The yatra, which entered Kerala at the night time of September 10, will pass during the state overlaying 450 km, touching seven districts in 19 days sooner than getting into Karnataka on October 1.

  • Bharat Jodo Yatra faces activity of maintaining pace after Kerala leg

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    KOCHI: As Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra finished 15 days at the street, with masses of other folks strolling 325km from Kanyakumari since September 7,  there’s visual momentum at the flooring for the Congress and it’s going to draw in extra other folks and eyeballs a minimum of for some other 3 days when the yatra is in Kerala. However the giant query is whether or not this yatra, which is termed ‘historical’ by way of the birthday celebration leaders, will collect tempo and momentum when it enters the BJP terrains of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh because the padayatra progresses. Additionally, there were questions about why the yatra, which is aimed to unify the folk towards the “communal and divisive forces”, is taking complete 18 days in Kerala, the place BJP has 0 illustration within the state meeting. “So far as we’re involved, CPM is the ‘B’ crew of BJP, and Congress is the Opposition birthday celebration in Kerala,” Jairam Ramesh, MP and birthday celebration common secretary in command of verbal exchange.

    Rahul himself addressed the query of CPM’s grievance that the yatra is spending lesser time in Uttar Pradesh. “The reason being that the yatra is from one finish of India to some other finish. So, we aren’t going to Bihar, we aren’t going to West Bengal and we aren’t going to Gujarat. There’s a restrict to the path that we will be able to take,” he stated. So far as countering BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul stated Congress has a view on what must be performed within the state.

    Leaders identified that the three,750km padayatra from Kanyakumari to Srinagar is the longest undertaken by way of the Congress within the historical past of the rustic, and the birthday celebration equipment in Karnataka is beautiful robust to make certain that the momentum is maintained. The yatra will excursion Karnataka for 21 days, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh for 16 days every, and Rajasthan for 21 days, as in keeping with the time table.

    Former Karnataka minister and Congress chief Ok J George identified that Kerala is a small state “like an organization” while it’s going to be tricky to get such numerous other folks all over the path in Karnataka. “Karnataka is so huge and the yatra is traveling rural spaces of the state. We had not too long ago performed large rallies and some other flag march on August 15,” he stated.

    Ajay Kumar Lallu, former UP Congress president, who’s a full-time member of the yatra, expressed the boldness that the march gets a heat reception within the BJP-ruled state, the place it’s traveling just for 5 days.

    Rahul, responding to this question, stated, “My expectation is that it’s going to no longer subject which state we pass to. The impact of the yatra would be the similar in state after state without reference to who’s operating that state as a result of there’s an underlining drawback now in India and the folk of India, specifically the formative years, are feeling super ache.”

    KOCHI: As Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra finished 15 days at the street, with masses of other folks strolling 325km from Kanyakumari since September 7,  there’s visual momentum at the flooring for the Congress and it’s going to draw in extra other folks and eyeballs a minimum of for some other 3 days when the yatra is in Kerala. However the giant query is whether or not this yatra, which is termed ‘historical’ by way of the birthday celebration leaders, will collect tempo and momentum when it enters the BJP terrains of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh because the padayatra progresses. Additionally, there were questions about why the yatra, which is aimed to unify the folk towards the “communal and divisive forces”, is taking complete 18 days in Kerala, the place BJP has 0 illustration within the state meeting. “So far as we’re involved, CPM is the ‘B’ crew of BJP, and Congress is the Opposition birthday celebration in Kerala,” Jairam Ramesh, MP and birthday celebration common secretary in command of verbal exchange.

    Rahul himself addressed the query of CPM’s grievance that the yatra is spending lesser time in Uttar Pradesh. “The reason being that the yatra is from one finish of India to some other finish. So, we aren’t going to Bihar, we aren’t going to West Bengal and we aren’t going to Gujarat. There’s a restrict to the path that we will be able to take,” he stated. So far as countering BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul stated Congress has a view on what must be performed within the state.

    Leaders identified that the three,750km padayatra from Kanyakumari to Srinagar is the longest undertaken by way of the Congress within the historical past of the rustic, and the birthday celebration equipment in Karnataka is beautiful robust to make certain that the momentum is maintained. The yatra will excursion Karnataka for 21 days, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh for 16 days every, and Rajasthan for 21 days, as in keeping with the time table.

    Former Karnataka minister and Congress chief Ok J George identified that Kerala is a small state “like an organization” while it’s going to be tricky to get such numerous other folks all over the path in Karnataka. “Karnataka is so huge and the yatra is traveling rural spaces of the state. We had not too long ago performed large rallies and some other flag march on August 15,” he stated.

    Ajay Kumar Lallu, former UP Congress president, who’s a full-time member of the yatra, expressed the boldness that the march gets a heat reception within the BJP-ruled state, the place it’s traveling just for 5 days.

    Rahul, responding to this question, stated, “My expectation is that it’s going to no longer subject which state we pass to. The impact of the yatra would be the similar in state after state without reference to who’s operating that state as a result of there’s an underlining drawback now in India and the folk of India, specifically the formative years, are feeling super ache.”

  • Why is UP lacking from Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra? Is not this the rationale

    Rahul Gandhi Bharat Jodo Yatra in Uttar Pradesh: Former Congress President and MP Rahul Gandhi has got down to attach India at the present time. On this series, his focal point seems to be South India. On the similar time, his adventure isn’t achieving many states of North India.

  • Rahul Gandhi’s ‘one guy, one publish’ observation, trace for Gehlot

    Through PTI

    KOCHI: With the Congress presidential polls not far away, birthday celebration chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday mentioned selections, together with that of one-man, one-post, taken on the chintan shivir at Udaipur in Rajasthan previous this yr are anticipated to be adopted.

    Responding to queries right through a press convention held between the primary and 2d leg of the day’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi mentioned the Congress president used to be no longer simply an organisational place, it’s an ideological publish and a trust machine.

    “What we made up our minds at Udaipur, we predict that dedication to be maintained,” Gandhi mentioned on being requested whether or not he would stand via the Udaipur chintan shivir resolution on one-man, one-post.

    Gandhi, additionally the MP from Wayanad, mentioned he would advise whosoever turns into the president of the birthday celebration that they must keep in mind that the publish represents a collection of concepts, a trust machine and a imaginative and prescient of India.

    Some other piece of recommendation he had for the contestants within the birthday celebration’s presidential polls used to be that “you’re taking a ancient place. A place that defines and has outlined a selected view of India.”

    At the national raids at the places of work and different premises of the Fashionable Entrance of India (PFI), Gandhi mentioned that “all kinds of communalism regardless the place they arrive from must be combated.”

    “There must be 0 tolerance against communalism and it must be combated,” he added.

    In the meantime, Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot arrived in Kerala amidst hypothesis as to who all could be contesting the birthday celebration’s presidential polls.

    KOCHI: With the Congress presidential polls not far away, birthday celebration chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday mentioned selections, together with that of one-man, one-post, taken on the chintan shivir at Udaipur in Rajasthan previous this yr are anticipated to be adopted.

    Responding to queries right through a press convention held between the primary and 2d leg of the day’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi mentioned the Congress president used to be no longer simply an organisational place, it’s an ideological publish and a trust machine.

    “What we made up our minds at Udaipur, we predict that dedication to be maintained,” Gandhi mentioned on being requested whether or not he would stand via the Udaipur chintan shivir resolution on one-man, one-post.

    Gandhi, additionally the MP from Wayanad, mentioned he would advise whosoever turns into the president of the birthday celebration that they must keep in mind that the publish represents a collection of concepts, a trust machine and a imaginative and prescient of India.

    Some other piece of recommendation he had for the contestants within the birthday celebration’s presidential polls used to be that “you’re taking a ancient place. A place that defines and has outlined a selected view of India.”

    At the national raids at the places of work and different premises of the Fashionable Entrance of India (PFI), Gandhi mentioned that “all kinds of communalism regardless the place they arrive from must be combated.”

    “There must be 0 tolerance against communalism and it must be combated,” he added.

    In the meantime, Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot arrived in Kerala amidst hypothesis as to who all could be contesting the birthday celebration’s presidential polls.

  • If Rahul takes wreck to talk over with Delhi, it isn’t to document AICC president nomination: Jairam Ramesh

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    KOCHI: Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh has disregarded reviews that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, main the Bharat Jodo Yatra, is about to depart Kerala and head to New Delhi to satisfy birthday celebration president Sonia Gandhi to talk about organisational problems because the notification for the election of Congress president will come on Thursday. Ramesh insisted that Rahul can be a part of the continuing Bharat Jodo Yatra from September 24 to October 31 as in line with time table.

    The nomination for the Congress presidential election will start on September 24. So, hypothesis is rife that Rahul will depart for Delhi and document his nomination as a number of state Congress Committees have handed resolutions in favour of him.

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    “Each and every seven days, the yatra can have a wreck. September 23 is a leisure day. For the previous two-and-a-half weeks, he may just now not meet his mom who’s ill. He could also be going to peer his mom, who’s ill and present process clinical exams. I do not know and I’ve now not mentioned with him about this. If he is going on September 23, it’s going to now not be to document nomination. He’s going to be again and the Bharat Jodo Yatra will resume on 24,” Jairam Ramesh stated.

    Then again, he stated he may just now not say presently whether or not no person from the Gandhi circle of relatives will contest for birthday celebration’s most sensible publish.

    “If there’s a member of Gandhi circle of relatives, you could ask why there’s a member of Gandhi circle of relatives? If there isn’t then additionally you’re going to ask why there isn’t a member from the Gandhi circle of relatives? I’d resolution your questions after on September 31,” Ramesh quipped.

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    KOCHI: Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh has disregarded reviews that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, main the Bharat Jodo Yatra, is about to depart Kerala and head to New Delhi to satisfy birthday celebration president Sonia Gandhi to talk about organisational problems because the notification for the election of Congress president will come on Thursday. Ramesh insisted that Rahul can be a part of the continuing Bharat Jodo Yatra from September 24 to October 31 as in line with time table.

    The nomination for the Congress presidential election will start on September 24. So, hypothesis is rife that Rahul will depart for Delhi and document his nomination as a number of state Congress Committees have handed resolutions in favour of him.

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    “Each and every seven days, the yatra can have a wreck. September 23 is a leisure day. For the previous two-and-a-half weeks, he may just now not meet his mom who’s ill. He could also be going to peer his mom, who’s ill and present process clinical exams. I do not know and I’ve now not mentioned with him about this. If he is going on September 23, it’s going to now not be to document nomination. He’s going to be again and the Bharat Jodo Yatra will resume on 24,” Jairam Ramesh stated.

    Then again, he stated he may just now not say presently whether or not no person from the Gandhi circle of relatives will contest for birthday celebration’s most sensible publish.

    “If there’s a member of Gandhi circle of relatives, you could ask why there’s a member of Gandhi circle of relatives? If there isn’t then additionally you’re going to ask why there isn’t a member from the Gandhi circle of relatives? I’d resolution your questions after on September 31,” Ramesh quipped.

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  • ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’: CPM softens stand in opposition to Congress, Kejriwal assaults Rahul as soon as once more

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday took a potshot on the Congress, pronouncing Rahul Gandhi was once “sufficient” to weaken it, rejecting allegations the AAP was once performing as a B-team of the BJP and weakening the Congress.

    The Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration nationwide convenor additionally sought to take care of distance from the continuing bid to shape a grand opposition alliance to stay the BJP at bay within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

    Alliance politics must be left to those that are operating on it, Kejriwal mentioned, including he didn’t realize it.

    The Delhi leader minister was once replying to questions at a townhall match organised through NDTV.

    “Am I had to weaken the Congress? Is not Rahul Gandhi sufficient,” he quipped when requested to touch upon allegations levelled through political opponents that his AAP was once weakening the Congress and performing as a B-team of the BJP to lend a hand the saffron birthday celebration win elections.

    At the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of the Congress, Kejriwal mentioned, “Allow them to do it. Everybody must do just right paintings. Easiest of success (to Congress).”

    On efforts being made through opposition leaders, together with his Bihar counterpart and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, to shape a grand alliance of non-BJP events forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Delhi leader minister mentioned India would no longer change into the #1 nation on the planet “through bringing politicians in combination”.

    India will change into primary on the planet best with the alliance of 130 crore other people of the rustic, he added.

    “It’s not that i am in opposition to any one. However I don’t perceive this politics of alliance. Go away this politics to them,” Kejriwal mentioned.

    “If you must construct faculties, hospitals, roads or repair electricity-related issues, name me. I can repair the issue as I’m an IIT engineer,” he added.

    Kejriwal mentioned India can also be made primary on the planet inside of 5 years if unfastened and high quality schooling was once presented to scholars, unfastened and just right healthcare products and services made to be had to electorate and each teen within the nation given a role.

    Requested whether or not such issues would occur if the AAP got here to energy on the Centre and he become the top minister, Kejriwal mentioned, “In a democracy, other people take choices. When they all come in combination, they are going to come to a decision.”

    “We need to overhaul the schooling device, healthcare device and supply employment to each teen. And that is imaginable. We’ve got proven through doing this prior to now seven years (in Delhi). The rustic has best been looted and fooled prior to now 75 years,” he added.

    In the meantime, CPI(M) basic secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday mentioned “going to other people” is a great factor, softening his birthday celebration’s critique of the Congress’s “Bharat Jodo Yatra”, whilst saying that the Left birthday celebration is a part of the hassle to carry “secular, democratic” outfits within the nation in combination.

    The Communist Birthday celebration of India (Marxist) had previous lashed out on the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra for stipulating 18 days for Left-ruled Kerala.

    Briefing newshounds at the choices taken at a recently-concluded politburo assembly of the birthday celebration, Yechury hailed the efforts of leaders equivalent to Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president Ok Chandrasekhar Rao and Nationalist Congress Birthday celebration (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar to unite the opposition events.

    He, alternatively remained ambivalent at the efforts of West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee.

    “Each birthday celebration has the correct to chart its on personal trail. Going to other people is a great factor. The AAP (Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration) could also be doing it in its personal approach,” Yechury mentioned, including that individuals will draw their very own conclusion from the choice of days the Congress has deliberate for the “yatra” in several states.

    The CPI(M) chief’s feedback had been by contrast to the birthday celebration’s tweet on September 12, taking a dig on the Congress over its foot march that has saved 18 days for the Left-ruled Kerala and best two days in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh.

    Yechury lashed out at senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh, who had dubbed the CPI(M) because the “A workforce” of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration (BJP) in Kerala in keeping with the Left birthday celebration’s September 12 tweet.

    “Kerala has no BJP MLA and the credit score is going to the Left events. So far as workforce A or B is worried, you’ll be able to see what has took place in Goa,” Yechury mentioned.

    8 of the 11 Congress MLAs in Goa, together with former leader minister Digambar Kamat, currently switched facets to enroll in the BJP.

    Yechury mentioned the CPI(M) shall sign up for the efforts to carry in combination the secular, democratic political events to shield the “Charter, democracy, democratic rights and civil liberties of other people and safeguard the secular, democratic personality of the Indian republic”.

    “The central committee’s name for an all-India marketing campaign from September 14 to September 24 in opposition to the burdens being imposed on other people’s livelihood and to safeguard democracy, democratic rights, secularism and the Indian Charter will likely be noticed in more than a few paperwork all around the nation and can culminate in state-level public conferences and rallies,” he mentioned.

    India is going through the perfect unemployment charge within the closing 45 years and it was once the obligation of the Congress birthday celebration to make stronger the way forward for the early life and convey positivity to the minds of children within the nation, senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi mentioned on Friday.

    Gandhi, who has embarked at the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ reached Neendakara in Kollam district lately, the 9th day since he started his foot march on September 7.

    In a Fb submit, Gandhi mentioned he were assembly many kids all the way through the march and was once working out their expectancies from the federal government.

    If the rustic may just employ the early life energy, the country may just develop very speedy, he mentioned.

    “However lately the rustic has the perfect unemployment within the closing 45 years, trained kids are wandering on the lookout for employment and disillusioned. It’s our responsibility and in addition the desire of the time lately to make stronger the way forward for our early life, carry positivity to them.”

    After the realization of the morning leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi has been engaged in discussions with cashew employees, marketers, industry unions and leaders of RSP and Ahead Block, each allies of the Congress birthday celebration.

    “I’m assembly with many kids all the way through our Bharat Jodo shuttle, working out their expectancies from the federal government, what sort of lend a hand they would like from us to make their long run vivid and what number of extra probabilities are we able to create for them,” he mentioned.

    Gandhi additionally famous that the aim of the Yatra was once to lend an ear to youngsters, outdated, younger, ladies, deficient, farmers and tribals and to unravel their issues.

    “We also are succeeding, the early life are brazenly speaking to us, strolling in combination. I am hoping all of us will unite our India and make it ahead,” he added.

    The night leg of the yatra will start at 5 PM from Chavara bus stand and conclude at Karunagapally the place the Bharat Jodo Yatra contributors will halt for the night time.

    The three,570 kilometres-long foot march began off from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 and can conclude in Jammu and Kashmir.

    The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered Kerala on September 10 night, would traverse during the state protecting 450 km, touching seven districts over a duration of nineteen days prior to getting into Karnataka on October 1.

    Gandhi on Friday resumed his birthday celebration’s Bharat Jodo yatra, a 150-day-long foot march, after an afternoon’s relaxation from Polayathodu in Kollam district of Kerala.

    Chief of Opposition within the state Meeting, V D Satheesan, AICC basic secretary answerable for Organisation, Ok C Venugopal, senior Congress leaders, Ramesh Chennithala, Ok Muraleedharan, RSP chief N Ok Premachandran amongst others had been observed strolling but even so Gandhi.

    Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned Gandhi will engage with cashew employees, marketers, and birthday celebration allies all the way through the halt of the yatra at Neendakara within the district.

    “After an afternoon of well-earned relaxation, #BharatJodoYatra resumed from Kollam lately at 6:45 am. It’s going to duvet 13 km this morning and halt at Neendakara at the beach. Interactions with cashew employees, cashew marketers, industry union and leaders of RSP & Ahead Block within the afternoon,” Ramesh tweeted.

    The foot march was once introduced from Kanyakumari in neighbouring Tamil Nadu on September 7 and can duvet 12 states and two Union territories.

    The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered Kerala on September 10 night, would traverse during the state protecting 450 km, touching seven districts over a duration of nineteen days prior to getting into Karnataka on October 1.

    The yatra will input Alappuzha on September 17 and cross thru Ernakulam district on September 21 and 22 and succeed in Thrissur on September 23.

    The foot march will traverse thru Palakkad on September 26 and 27 and input Malappuram on September 28.

    NEW DELHI: Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday took a potshot on the Congress, pronouncing Rahul Gandhi was once “sufficient” to weaken it, rejecting allegations the AAP was once performing as a B-team of the BJP and weakening the Congress.

    The Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration nationwide convenor additionally sought to take care of distance from the continuing bid to shape a grand opposition alliance to stay the BJP at bay within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

    Alliance politics must be left to those that are operating on it, Kejriwal mentioned, including he didn’t realize it.

    The Delhi leader minister was once replying to questions at a townhall match organised through NDTV.

    “Am I had to weaken the Congress? Is not Rahul Gandhi sufficient,” he quipped when requested to touch upon allegations levelled through political opponents that his AAP was once weakening the Congress and performing as a B-team of the BJP to lend a hand the saffron birthday celebration win elections.

    At the ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of the Congress, Kejriwal mentioned, “Allow them to do it. Everybody must do just right paintings. Easiest of success (to Congress).”

    On efforts being made through opposition leaders, together with his Bihar counterpart and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, to shape a grand alliance of non-BJP events forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Delhi leader minister mentioned India would no longer change into the #1 nation on the planet “through bringing politicians in combination”.

    India will change into primary on the planet best with the alliance of 130 crore other people of the rustic, he added.

    “It’s not that i am in opposition to any one. However I don’t perceive this politics of alliance. Go away this politics to them,” Kejriwal mentioned.

    “If you must construct faculties, hospitals, roads or repair electricity-related issues, name me. I can repair the issue as I’m an IIT engineer,” he added.

    Kejriwal mentioned India can also be made primary on the planet inside of 5 years if unfastened and high quality schooling was once presented to scholars, unfastened and just right healthcare products and services made to be had to electorate and each teen within the nation given a role.

    Requested whether or not such issues would occur if the AAP got here to energy on the Centre and he become the top minister, Kejriwal mentioned, “In a democracy, other people take choices. When they all come in combination, they are going to come to a decision.”

    “We need to overhaul the schooling device, healthcare device and supply employment to each teen. And that is imaginable. We’ve got proven through doing this prior to now seven years (in Delhi). The rustic has best been looted and fooled prior to now 75 years,” he added.

    In the meantime, CPI(M) basic secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday mentioned “going to other people” is a great factor, softening his birthday celebration’s critique of the Congress’s “Bharat Jodo Yatra”, whilst saying that the Left birthday celebration is a part of the hassle to carry “secular, democratic” outfits within the nation in combination.

    The Communist Birthday celebration of India (Marxist) had previous lashed out on the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra for stipulating 18 days for Left-ruled Kerala.

    Briefing newshounds at the choices taken at a recently-concluded politburo assembly of the birthday celebration, Yechury hailed the efforts of leaders equivalent to Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president Ok Chandrasekhar Rao and Nationalist Congress Birthday celebration (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar to unite the opposition events.

    He, alternatively remained ambivalent at the efforts of West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee.

    “Each birthday celebration has the correct to chart its on personal trail. Going to other people is a great factor. The AAP (Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration) could also be doing it in its personal approach,” Yechury mentioned, including that individuals will draw their very own conclusion from the choice of days the Congress has deliberate for the “yatra” in several states.

    The CPI(M) chief’s feedback had been by contrast to the birthday celebration’s tweet on September 12, taking a dig on the Congress over its foot march that has saved 18 days for the Left-ruled Kerala and best two days in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh.

    Yechury lashed out at senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh, who had dubbed the CPI(M) because the “A workforce” of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration (BJP) in Kerala in keeping with the Left birthday celebration’s September 12 tweet.

    “Kerala has no BJP MLA and the credit score is going to the Left events. So far as workforce A or B is worried, you’ll be able to see what has took place in Goa,” Yechury mentioned.

    8 of the 11 Congress MLAs in Goa, together with former leader minister Digambar Kamat, currently switched facets to enroll in the BJP.

    Yechury mentioned the CPI(M) shall sign up for the efforts to carry in combination the secular, democratic political events to shield the “Charter, democracy, democratic rights and civil liberties of other people and safeguard the secular, democratic personality of the Indian republic”.

    “The central committee’s name for an all-India marketing campaign from September 14 to September 24 in opposition to the burdens being imposed on other people’s livelihood and to safeguard democracy, democratic rights, secularism and the Indian Charter will likely be noticed in more than a few paperwork all around the nation and can culminate in state-level public conferences and rallies,” he mentioned.

    India is going through the perfect unemployment charge within the closing 45 years and it was once the obligation of the Congress birthday celebration to make stronger the way forward for the early life and convey positivity to the minds of children within the nation, senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi mentioned on Friday.

    Gandhi, who has embarked at the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ reached Neendakara in Kollam district lately, the 9th day since he started his foot march on September 7.

    In a Fb submit, Gandhi mentioned he were assembly many kids all the way through the march and was once working out their expectancies from the federal government.

    If the rustic may just employ the early life energy, the country may just develop very speedy, he mentioned.

    “However lately the rustic has the perfect unemployment within the closing 45 years, trained kids are wandering on the lookout for employment and disillusioned. It’s our responsibility and in addition the desire of the time lately to make stronger the way forward for our early life, carry positivity to them.”

    After the realization of the morning leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi has been engaged in discussions with cashew employees, marketers, industry unions and leaders of RSP and Ahead Block, each allies of the Congress birthday celebration.

    “I’m assembly with many kids all the way through our Bharat Jodo shuttle, working out their expectancies from the federal government, what sort of lend a hand they would like from us to make their long run vivid and what number of extra probabilities are we able to create for them,” he mentioned.

    Gandhi additionally famous that the aim of the Yatra was once to lend an ear to youngsters, outdated, younger, ladies, deficient, farmers and tribals and to unravel their issues.

    “We also are succeeding, the early life are brazenly speaking to us, strolling in combination. I am hoping all of us will unite our India and make it ahead,” he added.

    The night leg of the yatra will start at 5 PM from Chavara bus stand and conclude at Karunagapally the place the Bharat Jodo Yatra contributors will halt for the night time.

    The three,570 kilometres-long foot march began off from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 and can conclude in Jammu and Kashmir.

    The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered Kerala on September 10 night, would traverse during the state protecting 450 km, touching seven districts over a duration of nineteen days prior to getting into Karnataka on October 1.

    Gandhi on Friday resumed his birthday celebration’s Bharat Jodo yatra, a 150-day-long foot march, after an afternoon’s relaxation from Polayathodu in Kollam district of Kerala.

    Chief of Opposition within the state Meeting, V D Satheesan, AICC basic secretary answerable for Organisation, Ok C Venugopal, senior Congress leaders, Ramesh Chennithala, Ok Muraleedharan, RSP chief N Ok Premachandran amongst others had been observed strolling but even so Gandhi.

    Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned Gandhi will engage with cashew employees, marketers, and birthday celebration allies all the way through the halt of the yatra at Neendakara within the district.

    “After an afternoon of well-earned relaxation, #BharatJodoYatra resumed from Kollam lately at 6:45 am. It’s going to duvet 13 km this morning and halt at Neendakara at the beach. Interactions with cashew employees, cashew marketers, industry union and leaders of RSP & Ahead Block within the afternoon,” Ramesh tweeted.

    The foot march was once introduced from Kanyakumari in neighbouring Tamil Nadu on September 7 and can duvet 12 states and two Union territories.

    The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered Kerala on September 10 night, would traverse during the state protecting 450 km, touching seven districts over a duration of nineteen days prior to getting into Karnataka on October 1.

    The yatra will input Alappuzha on September 17 and cross thru Ernakulam district on September 21 and 22 and succeed in Thrissur on September 23.

    The foot march will traverse thru Palakkad on September 26 and 27 and input Malappuram on September 28.

  • Bharat Jodo Yatra: Lifestyles inside of packing containers for Congress padayatris no longer so unhealthy

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    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It used to be CPM chief M Swaraj who introduced Rahul Gandhi’s caravan into limelight by means of terming the march “container yatra”. However the existence within the container isn’t that easy. It seems like a small teach compartment. There are four-, six-, eight- and 12-bed packing containers for the padayatris. The packing containers are parked in colour-coded zones. The container within the yellow zone, as an example, has just a unmarried mattress and a washroom and the only parked within the blue zone has two beds. Rahul Gandhi remains in a single day in one mattress and his safety team of workers in the second one  container.

    The existence within the packing containers fastened on 60 vans used to be no longer simple for the 120 everlasting padayatris together with Rahul Gandhi. If one of the vital male padayatris have to hunt any other container for finishing their morning ablutions, the ladies’s lot has en suite amenities. In sure giant packing containers, rest room amenities had been integrated. Early life Congress state secretary G Manjukuttan, one of the most everlasting yatris, instructed TNIE that each one packing containers are air-conditioned and feature were given cellular charging slots.

    “Mattress linen and laundry amenities are supplied. There are 5 packing containers solely supplied with rest room amenities. First of all, there used to be a water scarcity once we entered Kerala. It used to be addressed. I in an instant go to sleep when I hit the mattress at night time,” mentioned Manjukuttan. Whilst a few of them have been worried of creating it for day after today’s padayatra because of muscle cramps after strolling for lengthy hours to start with, they mentioned they were given rejuvenated seeing the keenness in their fellow yatris.

    Considered one of them instructed TNIE that the preparations within the first leg of the padayatra in Thiruvananthapuram town have been organized poorly. Regardless of carrying good-quality footwear, the ft of the vast majority of yatris have evolved blisters. Essentially the most having blisters are ladies. Mahila Congress state secretary Sheeba Ramachandran, 47, mentioned that ladies yatris have were given privateness.  “There are not any court cases as our wishes had been addressed all over our container keep. Let our political detractors say anything else. We’re in a position to sleep beneath a tree and even on store verandahs. Our final purpose is to unfold humanity and brotherhood by the point the Bharat Jodo Yatra reaches Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, mentioned Sheeba.

    The opposite yatris from Kerala come with All India Early life Congress Outreach Mobile chairman Chandy Oommen, NSUI nationwide coordinator Nabeel Kallambalam, former Sevadal president M A Salam, Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan nationwide convener D Geethakrishnan, former Chalakudy meeting seat candidate Okay T Benny, Mahila Congress Palakkad district vice-president Fathima Ibrahim and Unorganised Staff and Staff Congress nationwide coordinator Anil Bose.

    BHARAT JODO YATRA ENTERS KOLLAM DIST
    Kollam: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Kollam district round 8.30am on Wednesday. Birthday party staff and supporters in giant numbers cheered the yatra on when it reached Parippally. Senior UDF leaders N Okay Premchandran, Rajmohan Unnithan, AICC common secretary Okay C Venugopal and Kodikunnil Suresh, and Seva Dal individuals joined the yatra. Congress staff and volunteers from Punalur, Chadayamangalam and Kundara constituencies too joined the march. Venugopal mentioned the yatra has made Congress’ rival events frightened. He mentioned India beneath the NDA executive is in a large mess. As well as, it is making an attempt to spoil the rustic’s constitutional values. He expressed the hope that compassion and love would be successful on the fruits of the yatra. Within the morning, Rahul visited Sivagiri Mutt in Varkala to pay homage to the Sree Narayana Guru.

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It used to be CPM chief M Swaraj who introduced Rahul Gandhi’s caravan into limelight by means of terming the march “container yatra”. However the existence within the container isn’t that easy. It seems like a small teach compartment. There are four-, six-, eight- and 12-bed packing containers for the padayatris. The packing containers are parked in colour-coded zones. The container within the yellow zone, as an example, has just a unmarried mattress and a washroom and the only parked within the blue zone has two beds. Rahul Gandhi remains in a single day in one mattress and his safety team of workers in the second one  container.

    The existence within the packing containers fastened on 60 vans used to be no longer simple for the 120 everlasting padayatris together with Rahul Gandhi. If one of the vital male padayatris have to hunt any other container for finishing their morning ablutions, the ladies’s lot has en suite amenities. In sure giant packing containers, rest room amenities had been integrated. Early life Congress state secretary G Manjukuttan, one of the most everlasting yatris, instructed TNIE that each one packing containers are air-conditioned and feature were given cellular charging slots.

    “Mattress linen and laundry amenities are supplied. There are 5 packing containers solely supplied with rest room amenities. First of all, there used to be a water scarcity once we entered Kerala. It used to be addressed. I in an instant go to sleep when I hit the mattress at night time,” mentioned Manjukuttan. Whilst a few of them have been worried of creating it for day after today’s padayatra because of muscle cramps after strolling for lengthy hours to start with, they mentioned they were given rejuvenated seeing the keenness in their fellow yatris.

    Considered one of them instructed TNIE that the preparations within the first leg of the padayatra in Thiruvananthapuram town have been organized poorly. Regardless of carrying good-quality footwear, the ft of the vast majority of yatris have evolved blisters. Essentially the most having blisters are ladies. Mahila Congress state secretary Sheeba Ramachandran, 47, mentioned that ladies yatris have were given privateness.  “There are not any court cases as our wishes had been addressed all over our container keep. Let our political detractors say anything else. We’re in a position to sleep beneath a tree and even on store verandahs. Our final purpose is to unfold humanity and brotherhood by the point the Bharat Jodo Yatra reaches Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, mentioned Sheeba.

    The opposite yatris from Kerala come with All India Early life Congress Outreach Mobile chairman Chandy Oommen, NSUI nationwide coordinator Nabeel Kallambalam, former Sevadal president M A Salam, Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan nationwide convener D Geethakrishnan, former Chalakudy meeting seat candidate Okay T Benny, Mahila Congress Palakkad district vice-president Fathima Ibrahim and Unorganised Staff and Staff Congress nationwide coordinator Anil Bose.

    BHARAT JODO YATRA ENTERS KOLLAM DIST
    Kollam: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Kollam district round 8.30am on Wednesday. Birthday party staff and supporters in giant numbers cheered the yatra on when it reached Parippally. Senior UDF leaders N Okay Premchandran, Rajmohan Unnithan, AICC common secretary Okay C Venugopal and Kodikunnil Suresh, and Seva Dal individuals joined the yatra. Congress staff and volunteers from Punalur, Chadayamangalam and Kundara constituencies too joined the march. Venugopal mentioned the yatra has made Congress’ rival events frightened. He mentioned India beneath the NDA executive is in a large mess. As well as, it is making an attempt to spoil the rustic’s constitutional values. He expressed the hope that compassion and love would be successful on the fruits of the yatra. Within the morning, Rahul visited Sivagiri Mutt in Varkala to pay homage to the Sree Narayana Guru.

  • ‘India’s 2d freedom battle’: Chidambaram, Sonia hail ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’; Anand Sharma extends ‘very best needs’ to Rahul

    Through PTI

    KANYAKUMARI: Bharat Jodo Yatra, introduced through Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday, is the rustic’s 2d freedom battle and it is going to pass on until the divisive forces are defeated, Congress senior chief and previous Union Minister P Chidambaram mentioned.

    Lashing out on the BJP for criticising the national yatra, he mentioned the BJP would don’t have any function on this 2d freedom battle, which can see that birthday celebration decimated.

    “I want to inform the ones criticising our Bharat Jodo Yatra that you simply had no function in India’s freedom battle all through which Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan: do or die. Now too, you’re going to don’t have any function. Our adventure won’t finish until the divisive forces are defeated,” Chidambaram mentioned addressing the rally close to the Gandhi Mandapam right here within the presence of Rahul Gandhi.

    The BJP leaders belittled the Congress yatra, as they it seems that didn’t need the country to stay united.

    “Once we say let’s unite, they are saying divide,” he mentioned indicating that the saffron birthday celebration’s try to divide the country won’t fructify.

    Congress president Sonia Gandhi described the “Bharat Jodo Yatra” on Wednesday as a landmark instance and was hoping that the three,500-km foot march would lend a hand rejuvenate the birthday celebration.

    In her message learn out on the rally in Kanyakumari, Gandhi mentioned she could be taking part within the yatra day by day in concept and spirit.

    “In view of the clinical check-ups that I’m present process, I feel sorry about my incapability to be with all of you in individual this momentous night time to release the ancient Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.

    “This can be a landmark instance for our nice birthday celebration with this kind of superb legacy — the Indian Nationwide Congress. I’m assured that our organisation might be rejuvenated,” Gandhi mentioned in her message.

    She additionally described the instance as a “transformational second in Indian politics”.

    Gandhi congratulated the 120-odd birthday celebration colleagues who will entire all of the “padyatra” and mentioned there might be masses and hundreds of others who will sign up for the march in numerous states.

    “I prolong my greetings to them as neatly,” she mentioned.

    “Talking for myself, I can be taking part within the Bharat Jodo Yatra day by day in concept and spirit. I can, after all, be seeing the yatra are living because it progresses. So, allow us to transfer ahead united and company in our get to the bottom of,” the Congress president mentioned.

    The instance additionally noticed the turning in of the nationwide flag to formally mark the beginning of the “padayatra”, which the Congress has described because the longest ever undertaken through any political birthday celebration in impartial India.

    Senior Congress chief and distinguished G-23 member Anand Sharma on Wednesday conveyed his very best needs to former birthday celebration president Rahul Gandhi for its ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, pronouncing it seeks to uphold India’s inclusive democracy and improve cohesion.

    Sharma is one of the G-23 leaders who had sought an organisational overhaul and elections in any respect ranges, in a letter to the Congress president in August 2020.

    The previous Union minister mentioned he was once taking a look ahead to becoming a member of the over 3,500-km yatra when it reaches close to his house state Himachal Pradesh, which can pass to polls later this 12 months.

    “Expressing my unity and conveying very best needs to Rahul Gandhi and all Yatris. Bharat Jodo yatra is a undertaking to uphold India’s inclusive democracy, to mobilise other people in opposition to injustice, inequality and intolerance.

    Additionally a dedication to improve nationwide cohesion,” he mentioned on Twitter.

    “Taking a look ahead to enroll in the Yatra when it reaches close to my house state of Himachal enroute to Jammu-Kashmir,” he added.

    The Bharat Jodo Yatra is ranging from Kanyakumari on Thursday morning and can lead to Kashmir after traversing thru 12 states and two Union territories in about 5 months.

    The Congress has described it because the longest ‘padyatra’ undertaken through any political birthday celebration within the nation.

    The birthday celebration mentioned this can be a turning level in Indian politics and marks a “new starting”.

    “September 7 2022. An afternoon when India’s oldest political birthday celebration will release the longest padyatra ever undertaken. This can be a sombre day, an afternoon for quiet mirrored image and renewed get to the bottom of,” Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned in a tweet.

    “This can be a turning level in Indian politics. It marks a brand new starting,” he mentioned.

    With the release of the yatra at a mega rally in Kanyakumari, the Congress is looking for to flag financial disparities, social polarisation and political centralisation, whilst making an attempt to make beneficial properties in what it frequently described as fight of ideologies.

    KANYAKUMARI: Bharat Jodo Yatra, introduced through Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday, is the rustic’s 2d freedom battle and it is going to pass on until the divisive forces are defeated, Congress senior chief and previous Union Minister P Chidambaram mentioned.

    Lashing out on the BJP for criticising the national yatra, he mentioned the BJP would don’t have any function on this 2d freedom battle, which can see that birthday celebration decimated.

    “I want to inform the ones criticising our Bharat Jodo Yatra that you simply had no function in India’s freedom battle all through which Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan: do or die. Now too, you’re going to don’t have any function. Our adventure won’t finish until the divisive forces are defeated,” Chidambaram mentioned addressing the rally close to the Gandhi Mandapam right here within the presence of Rahul Gandhi.

    The BJP leaders belittled the Congress yatra, as they it seems that didn’t need the country to stay united.

    “Once we say let’s unite, they are saying divide,” he mentioned indicating that the saffron birthday celebration’s try to divide the country won’t fructify.

    Congress president Sonia Gandhi described the “Bharat Jodo Yatra” on Wednesday as a landmark instance and was hoping that the three,500-km foot march would lend a hand rejuvenate the birthday celebration.

    In her message learn out on the rally in Kanyakumari, Gandhi mentioned she could be taking part within the yatra day by day in concept and spirit.

    “In view of the clinical check-ups that I’m present process, I feel sorry about my incapability to be with all of you in individual this momentous night time to release the ancient Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.

    “This can be a landmark instance for our nice birthday celebration with this kind of superb legacy — the Indian Nationwide Congress. I’m assured that our organisation might be rejuvenated,” Gandhi mentioned in her message.

    She additionally described the instance as a “transformational second in Indian politics”.

    Gandhi congratulated the 120-odd birthday celebration colleagues who will entire all of the “padyatra” and mentioned there might be masses and hundreds of others who will sign up for the march in numerous states.

    “I prolong my greetings to them as neatly,” she mentioned.

    “Talking for myself, I can be taking part within the Bharat Jodo Yatra day by day in concept and spirit. I can, after all, be seeing the yatra are living because it progresses. So, allow us to transfer ahead united and company in our get to the bottom of,” the Congress president mentioned.

    The instance additionally noticed the turning in of the nationwide flag to formally mark the beginning of the “padayatra”, which the Congress has described because the longest ever undertaken through any political birthday celebration in impartial India.

    Senior Congress chief and distinguished G-23 member Anand Sharma on Wednesday conveyed his very best needs to former birthday celebration president Rahul Gandhi for its ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, pronouncing it seeks to uphold India’s inclusive democracy and improve cohesion.

    Sharma is one of the G-23 leaders who had sought an organisational overhaul and elections in any respect ranges, in a letter to the Congress president in August 2020.

    The previous Union minister mentioned he was once taking a look ahead to becoming a member of the over 3,500-km yatra when it reaches close to his house state Himachal Pradesh, which can pass to polls later this 12 months.

    “Expressing my unity and conveying very best needs to Rahul Gandhi and all Yatris. Bharat Jodo yatra is a undertaking to uphold India’s inclusive democracy, to mobilise other people in opposition to injustice, inequality and intolerance.

    Additionally a dedication to improve nationwide cohesion,” he mentioned on Twitter.

    “Taking a look ahead to enroll in the Yatra when it reaches close to my house state of Himachal enroute to Jammu-Kashmir,” he added.

    The Bharat Jodo Yatra is ranging from Kanyakumari on Thursday morning and can lead to Kashmir after traversing thru 12 states and two Union territories in about 5 months.

    The Congress has described it because the longest ‘padyatra’ undertaken through any political birthday celebration within the nation.

    The birthday celebration mentioned this can be a turning level in Indian politics and marks a “new starting”.

    “September 7 2022. An afternoon when India’s oldest political birthday celebration will release the longest padyatra ever undertaken. This can be a sombre day, an afternoon for quiet mirrored image and renewed get to the bottom of,” Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned in a tweet.

    “This can be a turning level in Indian politics. It marks a brand new starting,” he mentioned.

    With the release of the yatra at a mega rally in Kanyakumari, the Congress is looking for to flag financial disparities, social polarisation and political centralisation, whilst making an attempt to make beneficial properties in what it frequently described as fight of ideologies.

  • ‘India faces its worst-ever financial disaster, heading in opposition to crisis’: Rahul assaults BJP

    By way of PTI

    KANYAKUMARI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday mentioned India is dealing with its “worst-ever financial disaster” and is heading in opposition to a “crisis”, whilst additionally alleging {that a} handful of enormous companies are controlling the rustic with the assistance of Top Minister Narendra Modi.

    Talking on the release of the Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ at a rally right here, Gandhi mentioned all over the British length, there was once one East India Corporate that managed the rustic, now there are three-four firms doing so.

    “Nowadays, India faces its worst-ever financial disaster. The very best stage of unemployment that we have got ever noticed and the rustic is heading right into a crisis,” he mentioned.

    “Sadly, our buddies within the media are totally managed,” the previous Congress leader alleged in his speech that was once being concurrently translated into Tamil via an interpreter.

    Gandhi mentioned everyone understands the industrial state of affairs within the nation.

    On the other hand, one would by no means see unemployment or value upward thrust on tv and handiest the picture of the top minister.

    “The BJP executive has systematically attacked farmers, labourers, and small and medium companies of this nation,” he mentioned.

    A handful of enormous companies keep watch over all of the nation lately, Gandhi alleged.

    Ports, airports, coal, energy, telecom, each unmarried business is managed via a handful of companies, he claimed.

    “The top minister won’t final in the future with out their give a boost to. They keep watch over the media they usually be sure that the PM is on TV 24 hours an afternoon. In trade, the PM carries out insurance policies which are of their passion,” Gandhi alleged.

    He mentioned demonetisation, a mistaken Items and Services and products Tax (GST) regime, and the 3 farm rules have been all designed to assist the similar few businessmen.

    “The theory is similar to what the British used to do, divide India, make Indians struggle with every different after which scouse borrow from the Indian folks. In the ones days, it was known as the East India Corporate, it was once one large corporate that managed the entire of India,” Gandhi mentioned.

    Nowadays, there are three-four large firms that keep watch over all of the India, he alleged.

    Insurance policies like demonetisation, GST, and farm rules are designed to remove from the way forward for India and from the deficient folks of India, he mentioned.

    Saying that jobs are created via small and medium companies and farmers, Gandhi mentioned lately small and medium companies were crippled via the BJP’s insurance policies and farmers are slightly surviving.

    “So the result’s, it’s unimaginable for India to create jobs for its children. Whilst our kids can not earn, the costs stay going up. So, we’re heading into dangerous occasions,” he mentioned.

    Gandhi wired that it is important to to carry the folk of India in combination and ensure that “we’re united in order that India is robust”.

    That’s the goal of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, he added.

    “The ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is designed to hear the folk of India. We don’t need to overwhelm the voice of the folk of India,” Gandhi asserted.

    “We need to pay attention to the folk of India,” he added.

    Previous within the day, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi paid floral tributes to his father and previous top minister Rajiv Gandhi on the latter’s memorial in Sriperumbudur and mentioned he misplaced his father to “hate and department” and does no longer need to lose his nation to it.

    The Congress chief additionally attended an tournament in Kanyakumari the place Tamil Nadu Leader Minister M Ok Stalin, Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot and Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel have been provide.

    In a symbolic gesture at the graduation of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, Stalin passed over the nationwide flag to Gandhi and the 2 leaders saluted the tricolour, signifying the wide theme of solidarity.

    Previous, Stalin welcomed him right here and joined the Congress chief on the prayer meet on the Gandhi Memorial.

    After the development on the Mahatma Gandhi Mandapam, Gandhi and different Congress leaders walked to the beach venue of the rally and the yatra was once officially introduced.

    KANYAKUMARI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday mentioned India is dealing with its “worst-ever financial disaster” and is heading in opposition to a “crisis”, whilst additionally alleging {that a} handful of enormous companies are controlling the rustic with the assistance of Top Minister Narendra Modi.

    Talking on the release of the Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ at a rally right here, Gandhi mentioned all over the British length, there was once one East India Corporate that managed the rustic, now there are three-four firms doing so.

    “Nowadays, India faces its worst-ever financial disaster. The very best stage of unemployment that we have got ever noticed and the rustic is heading right into a crisis,” he mentioned.

    “Sadly, our buddies within the media are totally managed,” the previous Congress leader alleged in his speech that was once being concurrently translated into Tamil via an interpreter.

    Gandhi mentioned everyone understands the industrial state of affairs within the nation.

    On the other hand, one would by no means see unemployment or value upward thrust on tv and handiest the picture of the top minister.

    “The BJP executive has systematically attacked farmers, labourers, and small and medium companies of this nation,” he mentioned.

    A handful of enormous companies keep watch over all of the nation lately, Gandhi alleged.

    Ports, airports, coal, energy, telecom, each unmarried business is managed via a handful of companies, he claimed.

    “The top minister won’t final in the future with out their give a boost to. They keep watch over the media they usually be sure that the PM is on TV 24 hours an afternoon. In trade, the PM carries out insurance policies which are of their passion,” Gandhi alleged.

    He mentioned demonetisation, a mistaken Items and Services and products Tax (GST) regime, and the 3 farm rules have been all designed to assist the similar few businessmen.

    “The theory is similar to what the British used to do, divide India, make Indians struggle with every different after which scouse borrow from the Indian folks. In the ones days, it was known as the East India Corporate, it was once one large corporate that managed the entire of India,” Gandhi mentioned.

    Nowadays, there are three-four large firms that keep watch over all of the India, he alleged.

    Insurance policies like demonetisation, GST, and farm rules are designed to remove from the way forward for India and from the deficient folks of India, he mentioned.

    Saying that jobs are created via small and medium companies and farmers, Gandhi mentioned lately small and medium companies were crippled via the BJP’s insurance policies and farmers are slightly surviving.

    “So the result’s, it’s unimaginable for India to create jobs for its children. Whilst our kids can not earn, the costs stay going up. So, we’re heading into dangerous occasions,” he mentioned.

    Gandhi wired that it is important to to carry the folk of India in combination and ensure that “we’re united in order that India is robust”.

    That’s the goal of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, he added.

    “The ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is designed to hear the folk of India. We don’t need to overwhelm the voice of the folk of India,” Gandhi asserted.

    “We need to pay attention to the folk of India,” he added.

    Previous within the day, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi paid floral tributes to his father and previous top minister Rajiv Gandhi on the latter’s memorial in Sriperumbudur and mentioned he misplaced his father to “hate and department” and does no longer need to lose his nation to it.

    The Congress chief additionally attended an tournament in Kanyakumari the place Tamil Nadu Leader Minister M Ok Stalin, Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot and Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel have been provide.

    In a symbolic gesture at the graduation of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, Stalin passed over the nationwide flag to Gandhi and the 2 leaders saluted the tricolour, signifying the wide theme of solidarity.

    Previous, Stalin welcomed him right here and joined the Congress chief on the prayer meet on the Gandhi Memorial.

    After the development on the Mahatma Gandhi Mandapam, Gandhi and different Congress leaders walked to the beach venue of the rally and the yatra was once officially introduced.