Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will start from Thoubal, Manipur on Sunday.

Earlier, ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ was to start from Imphal, the capital of Manipur, but in view of the ongoing situation in the state, the N Biren Singh government refused to allow the Congress to do so. The party leaders then held meetings with members of the administration and finally, the government gave permission to launch the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra’ from Thoubal district with limited participants.

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’: Top points

1. This is the second installment of Rahul Gandhi’s nationwide ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in which the Congress leader walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.

2. The 3,500-km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ passed through 12 states and the Congress also saw some improvement in its electoral performance in those areas.

3. ‘Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra’ will cover 15 states from east to west and is almost double the distance of the previous ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.

4. From Manipur to Mumbai, Rahul Gandhi will pass through 110 districts of 15 states in a period of 67 days. The ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ is scheduled to end on March 20, days before the Lok Sabha elections in April-May 2024.

5. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “This yatra is being taken out keeping in mind the political, economic and social injustice that has happened in the last 10 years.”

6. “The Prime Minister shows golden dreams of ‘Amrit Kaal’ but what is the reality of the last 10 years – ‘Other Kaal’. There is no mention of ‘Other Kaal’ while big claims of ‘Amrit Kaal’ are made” , ” He added.

7. ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ will cover 355 Lok Sabha seats which is 65% of the total parliamentary seats in the country.

8. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP won 236 out of 355 seats, while Congress managed to win only 14 seats.

9. ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ will also pass through Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, where Congress has recently lost the elections. It is expected that Rahul Gandhi will reconnect with the voters in these states.

10. The ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ will also give the Congress some added edge in the opposition alliance as the party struggles to finalize seat-sharing arrangements with regional parties.

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Published: Jan 13, 2024, 10:24 pm IST