Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra will reach RaeBareli and Lucknow on the 20th
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the BJP, saying that even though the BJP calls India a ‘Hindu nation’, 74 percent of the country’s population and the poor in the general category get nothing.
Speaking at a public meeting in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district during his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, the Wayanad MP said, “The BJP calls it a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ but 74 percent of the population and the poor the general category in the country gets Nothing.”
“Did you see a poor man at the inauguration of Ram Mandir? I saw Amitabh Bacchan, Aishwarya Rai, Adani, Ambani – all these big businessmen. I didn’t see a single poor man, I didn’t see a farmer, I didn’t see a single poor man. a worker, have not seen an unemployed person,” he said.
Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will enter Uttar Pradesh on February 16.
“Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra will enter Uttar Pradesh from Varanasi on February 16, Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra will reach Amethi on February 19 via Bhadohi, Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Rahul Gandhi will address the public meeting in Gauriganj of Amethi Lok Sabha,” a press statement said of Congress.
“Taking into account the UP Board exams starting from February 22, Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will continue in Uttar Pradesh from February 16 to 21, previously it would continue till February 26,” the statement said.
Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra will reach RaeBareli and Lucknow on the 20th.
“The Yatra will reach Unnao from Lucknow on February 21, the Yatra will then enter Kanpur via Unnao town and Shuklaganj. After reaching Jhansi from Kanpur via Hamirpur, she will enter Madhya Pradesh itself on February 21,” the statement said.
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra rolled out from Manipur’s Thoubal on January 14. The yatra will cover more than 6,700 kilometers and cross 110 districts in 67 days. It will cover a distance of 6,713 km, spread over 100 Lok Sabha constituencies and cover 337 assembly segments and 110 districts.
The yatra ends on March 20 in Mumbai after 67 days.
A sequel to the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, which saw Rahul Gandhi cover more than 3,000 kilometers on foot – from KanyaKumari to Srinagar – the Yatra 2.0 follows a hybrid format.
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First print: February 12, 2024 | 1:42 p.m IST