Bharat Jodo Yatra, a 'Sanjeevni' for the Congress: Jairam Ramesh

The Bharat Jodo Yatra has come as a Sanjeevani for the Congress Party said Congress MP and General Secretary Incharge of Communications Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday while addressing a press conference at Naigaon in MaharashtraThe press conference was calledfor to announce and chart out plans for the Maharashtra Leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra Jairam was joined by Maharashtra PCC President Nana Patole and Former CM of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan amongst othersBriefing about the Maharastra leg of the Yatra Ramesh said that Nanded happens to be the 27th district from where the Yatra has passed so far The Yatra in Maharastra would continue for a total of 12 days He further quoted saying its a long 3750 km Yatra and we are covering daily around 22 km but in Maharashtra we have taken a lead inspired by Chavan and PatoleRamesh further stated that theres a new wave of energy amongst the Congress members workers and supporters and they are hopeful for a bright future seeing the success of the Yatra and peoples support Speaking about the turncoats in the Congress party Ramesh dismissed them saying this seesawing is all part of a cycleAlso Read UK PM Rishi Sunak under pressure as minister resigns amid bullying rowRamesh talking about the timeline of the Yatra stated On the 5th of September 2022 Rahul Gandhi visited Sabarmati ashram and on the 7th he paid a visit to a temple in Karnataka before the inception of his YatraPointing out flaws of the government Ramesh said that congress supporters are on the roads because the country is facing problems of Unemployment Economic sector and Religion He further alleged that the BJP is breaking the country in the name of religion and casteCalling the BJP government a OneMan show Ramesh put forward Congresss policies and vision for the country Congress wants unity Ramesh said Speaking on the demonetization issue Ramesh slammed BJP for destroying the farmers and poor peopleThe Bharat Jodo Yatra entered its Maharashtra leg on Monday evening The Yatra has already covered parts of Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka Andhra Pradesh and Telangana before entering Maharashtra Rahul Gandhi will travel through 15 Assembly and 6 Parliamentary Constituencies in Five districts of Maharashtra and would cover a distance of 382 KmsBharat Jodo Yatra which began on September 7 from Kanyakumari will cover a further distance of 2355 km in its 3570km march It will end in Kashmir next year It is the longest march on foot by any Indian politician in the history of India the Congress claimed earlier in a statement Bharat Jodo Yatra is getting support from various political parties and social organizations across the country and the response is increasing day by dayNotably all the party MPs leaders and workers along with Rahul Gandhi are staying in containers Sleeping beds toilets and ACs are also installed in some of the containers The arrangements have been made keeping in view the intense heat and humidity with the change of placesThe Congress suffered a debacle in the assembly polls held earlier this year and the Yatra is seen as an attempt to rally the party rank and file for the upcoming electoral battlesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever