The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra will enter Punjab through the Shambhu border on January 10 and head to Fatehgarh Sahib, the Congress’ state unit president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Saturday said.
Gandhi will address a public meeting on January 11 after paying obeisance at the gurdwara there, he said. The yatra, which began from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, will end with Gandhi hoisting the national flag in Srinagar on January 30. It is currently passing through Haryana.
Warring said the yatra will traverse through Punjab for seven days and a mega-rally will be organized at Pathankot on the concluding day before it leaves for Jammu and Kashmir from Madhopur on its last leg.
“The Yatra is against the politics of hatred. It is also drawing the country’s attention towards urgent issues such as inflation and unemployment,” Warring said. Congress secretary in-charge Harish Chaudhary said that people from different sections of the society, including film personalities, artistes, singers, economists, industrialists and common people have participated in the yatra. Chaudhary also appealed to the NRIs from Punjab, many of whom are on a visit back home, to participate in the yatra. Those staying abroad can mark their participation online, he said.
Punjab Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said the yatra left its mark among people across the country and provided a “voice to the voiceless”. “Those presuming they will not be disturbed and were set to return to power in 2024 have already started feeling the tremors,” he said.