Congress leader Rahul Gandhi resumes 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' on 18th day in Kerala

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi along with party leaders and workers resumed the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Day 18 in Thrissur in Kerala on SundayThe Yatra started at 630 am from Patturaykkal Junction Thrissur district The morning halt time is at 10 am at St Francis Xavier Church The yatra will again resume at 4 pm from Vadakkamchery bus stopThe Yatra will finish at 7 at Vettikkattiri and will halt at Jyoti Engineering College Cheruthuruthi Thrissur districtEarlier on Saturday the Congress resumed its Bharat Jodo Yatra after a days break from Perambra junction in the Thrissur district of KeralaYesterday workers and people of Thrissur came out in large numbers to support Rahul Gandhi and all the Padyatris as the Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed after a breakThe march aims to cover as many as 12 states in five monthsAlso Read Gujarat Congress to take out daylong yatra in Saurashtra on Sept 28From Kerala the Yatra will traverse through the state for the next few days reaching Karnataka on September 30 It will be in Karnataka for 21 days before moving north The Padyatra march will cover a distance of 25 km every dayThe Bharat Jodo Yatra took a break right before the day of the filing of the nominations for the Congress presidential poll in the national capital which will be concluded on September 30Congress presidential election will be held on October 17 and the election results would be declared on October 19Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday while confirming his candidature for the upcoming Congress president election said that Rahul Gandhi has made it clear that no member of the Gandhi family would become the next party chiefI said earlier that I will request him Rahul Gandhi to accept this post when all the Congress Committees are passing resolutions in this regard He made it clear that no one from the Gandhi family will become the next chief He said he has decided this due to some reasons a nonGandhi family member will become the party chief Gehlot had said addressing the mediapersons while being a part of Bharat Jodo Yatra in KeralaEarlier Rahul Gandhi emphasised the one person one post norm and said he believes the commitment to the partys Udaipur declaration would be maintained in the election for the partys topmost postDescribing the post of Congress president as an ideological post Rahul Gandhi had said that the position represents a set of ideas and belief system and vision of IndiaThe Congress had decided on a set of organisational reforms during the Udaipur Chintan Shivir held earlier this year The declaration said that the principle of one person one post should be followedParty MP Shashi Tharoor has also given an indication of contesting polls and had met Sonia Gandhi on Monday He met Congress Central Election Authority chief Madhusudan Mistry on Wednesday