Bharat Jodo Yatra: Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will also participate
Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will take part in ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. Both will join this journey from Karnataka. The Rahul Gandhi-led yatra will enter Karnataka on 30 September. Congress state president DK Shivakumar gave this information.
Shivkumar said that the state unit has made preparations for the yatra by giving responsibilities to various leaders. “Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will participate in the yatra here. She will tell about the dates, I will announce the dates in the coming days.” All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary KC Venugopal along with another AICC general secretary and in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala, state president Shivakumar and several leaders participated in the review meeting of the party regarding the yatra Venugopal said, “In Karnataka Congress President Sonia Gandhi may join the Bharat Jodo Yatra someday and Priyanka Gandhi will also join on a different day.” will start from
He said that on Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, there is a program at Badanvalu in Nanjangud taluk, which is known for Khadi and Village Industries Centre. “Dussehra will be a holiday for two days, there will also be a public meeting in Bellary.
Rahul Gandhi will interact every day with youth, women, civil society, students, tribal community and farmers, and for this a team has been formed.
On the demand being made to Rahul Gandhi to take over the post of party president, Shivakumar said that he does not want to comment on it. Responding to a question, Shivakumar said, “KPCC has already authorized the Congress President. We are all committed that Rahul ji should lead the party, but it is for him to decide.
Venugopal said that the AICC is fully satisfied with the arrangements made by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for the Yatra. Referring to arrangements in Karnataka for the success of the yatra, he said, “For the last ten years, the BJP and the Sangh Parivar had only one task – to malign Rahul Gandhi’s image, but people are now realizing who Rahul Gandhi is. Huh… This visit will prove to be a turning point in Indian politics.
Replying to a question, Venugopal said “PECM” is not a campaign launched by the Congress and the party is only raising the real issues of the people of Karnataka. He said that everyone is saying that this is the most corrupt government in the state. He said that Congress is not afraid of arrest, party workers have courage and they will continue to raise the issues of corruption, no matter what happens.
