Congress occasion president Mallikarjun Kharge along with Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi flagged off the outreach programme, Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, on Sunday (Jan 14) from violence-hit Manipur’s Thoubal district attain Imphal.
The yatra, which is determined to quilt over 6,700 kilometres over 67 days, traversing thru 110 districts, will culminate in Mumbai on March 20 or 21.
Besides Manipur, the yatra will additionally quilt four northeastern states which are Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Assam.
This would perchance then switch on to West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The attach to open of the yatra became chosen as Manipur in opposition to the backdrop of the continued violence within the explain which has up to now killed nearly 180 since the month of Would possibly.
‘We’re going thru length of injustice,’ says Rahul Gandhi
Whereas addressing folks after kickstarting the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Rahul Gandhi assured that his occasion would bring peace and unity to the explain after claiming that the folks within the country were going thru a length of “mountainous injustice”.
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“The questions arose- why the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. It is a ways as a end result of we are going thru a length of mountainous injustice in India. It is a ways of all sorts – social, political and economical,” he said after launching his yatra from Manipur’s Thoubal.
We perceive the distress that the folks of Manipur had been thru.
Manipur has misplaced what it valued the most as a end result of of the politics of the BJP-RSS and the hatred they instill.
We are going to have the option to bring wait on the unity, peace and affection that the explain has continuously been identified for.
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 14, 2024
The Congress leader additionally took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for no longer planning a hasten to to the battle-torn explain.
“I’ve been in politics since 2004 and for the first time, I visited a chain in India where the total infrastructure of governance has collapsed. After Twenty ninth June (his hasten to to explain), Manipur wasn’t Manipur anymore, it got divided and hatred became spread in each place, lakhs of folks suffered loss. Folks misplaced their family in front of their eyes. And till now, the Indian PM has no longer attain right here to wipe your tears and withhold your hand. It is a ways a rough element,” Rahul said.
He then accused the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) of stealing the essence of the explain and affirmed that his occasion would bring wait on the unity and peace that Manipur became identified for.
“We’re right here to hear to you, fragment your distress, and fresh a fresh vision of India that is one of unity and fairness. We perceive your loss and distress and would perchance bring wait on the unity and peace for which Manipur became identified,” he said.
(With inputs from businesses)
