Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Nyay Yatra' To Start On January 14

Yatra is from Manipur to Mumbai...

Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi is set to spark a yatra connecting the northeastern and western parts of the country with a focus on next year's massive elections.

Mr. Gandhi will begin his 'Bharat Nyay Yatra' on January 14, a 6,200-km tour from Manipur to Mumbai.

The yatra will end on March 20 ahead of the elections and is dubbed as the second and East-West phase of his north-south Bharat Jodo Yatra last year.

It was credited by the party for its election victories in two southern states.

The BJP took a jibe at the Congress announcement and said the people had rejected the idea of Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Mr. Gandhi will cover 14 states and 85 districts during the 'Bharat Nyay Yatra', which will be flagged off by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge in Imphal.

Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra will be among the states he will cover. This will include stretches of bus rides as well as footmarches.

The Nyay Yatra will be for securing economic, social, and political justice for the people of the country, the Congress said.

On choosing violence-hit Manipur as the starting point, the Congress said the party wanted to begin the process of healing the wounds of people.