Congress MP K.C. Venugopal on Sunday said that it is not practical for former party president Rahul Gandhi to attend the winter session of Parliament as Bharatb Jodo Yatra is underway.
The winter session will begin on 7 December and will last until 29 December. The session also had to be delayed by a month due to the Gujarat election schedule. “Bharat Jodo Yatra is underway. It is not practical for Rahul Gandhi to attend the winter session of Parliament,” Venugopal said at a press conference here.
“Today in the meeting of the Congress Steering Committee, we discussed two things. First is the plenary session of our party which we have decided to hold in the second half of February. It will be a 3-day session which will be held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh,” he said.
“Second, we reviewed and discussed the future course of action for Bharat Jodo Yatra. We have decided to hold a massive campaign ‘Hath se Hath Jodo Abhiyan’ from January 26 onwards. It will be a two-month-long campaign,” Venugopal said.
He added, as per this campaign, block-level yatras to cover all gram panchayats and booths and party will hand over a letter from Rahul Gandhi about the core message of this yatra. There will be village sabhas and flag hoisting during this block level yatra.
The Steering Committee of the Indian National Congress met today at 10 am at 24 Akbar Road, New Delhi, with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge presiding.
A statement from the Steering Committee read, the Committee unanimously resolved that the 85th Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress will be held at Raipur in the second half of February 2023.
The Committee noted the overwhelming success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and the wide participation of lakhs of people. The yatra listens to and speaks with people from all sections of society every day, especially youth, women, farmers and the working class, directly communicating its message of equality, fraternity and harmony, as per the statement.
The statement further said that the yatra is giving the same message that India’s spiritual leaders and social reformers preached, the leaders of our freedom struggle under Mahatma Gandhi fought for, and our Constitution upholds.