Yatra resumed after the Lohri Festival…
On Monday, shivering cold, thousands of people joined the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra as it resumed from Adampur in Punjab.
The Yatra started from the Kala Bakra area in Jalandhar and several Congress leaders, including state party chief Amrinder Singh Raja warring, were seen with Rahul Gandhi.
Gandhi met Bahujan Samaj Party founder Kanshi Ram’s Sister Swaran Kaur and Kanshi Ram Foundation chairman Lakhbir Singh.
The wife of former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, Navjot Kaur Sidhu, took part in the Yatra in Hoshiarpur. She walked along with Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Navjot Singh Sidhu is currently lodged in Patiala central prison serving a one-year jail term in a 1988 road rage death case.
Prominent among those who joined the Yatra were Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring’s wife Amrita Warring and historian S Irfan Habib.
Gandhi also met groups of lawyers, researchers and MNREGA labourers.
The Yatra entered Hoshiarpur district later in the day as part of its journey in Punjab and will halt for the night at Urmar Tanda.
Earlier addressing the media, Congress General Secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his roadshow in Delhi.
He said, “It is event management.” It shows that the BJP is feeling jittery,” he said while pointing out “overwhelming” response to the Yatra.
Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said the Yatra, which was passing through the state, was getting a positive response from the crowd.
“Despite of this cold weather conditions, people came out in large numbers to welcome Rahul Gandhi,” he said.
He said on Tuesday the Yatra will reach Mukerian and with this it will enter Himachal Pradesh.
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