Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress’s mass-contact campaign from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, led by Rahul Gandhi, is seeking remarks from opponents and party leaders. Comments tying Lord Ram to the foot march have been made a day after one of his party colleagues advised him to concentrate on the pad yatra rather than the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections.
“The foot march that Rahul Gandhi is undertaking would be a historic one. Lord Ram had also travelled to Sri Lanka from Ayodhya on foot. Rahul ji is covering even more distance by walking from Kanyakumari to Kashmir,” Rajasthan Minister Parsadi Lal Meena is heard saying in a video tweeted by a news agency.
“This is a historic march to transform the nation and to help transform the communal environment in the country,” he added.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra began in September with a focus on the Congress rebirth and the 2024 election. Gandhi and other top party figures plan to travel more than 3,500 kilometres across the nation.
Meanwhile, speaking to the media, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole clarified that a comparison was not being drawn. “Lord Ram and Shankaracharya had carried out foot marches. Rahul ji is also holding a march and a large number of people are getting connected. There is no comparison being drawn with Lord Ram but their initials begin with the same letter. We don’t make such comparisons. The BJP’s leaders do that.”
“God is god, and we are humans. Rahul Gandhi is just working for humanity’s sake. I feel Rahul ji’s padyatra will save the tricolour and humanity,” Patole further added.