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  • Congress Youth Wing Organises Photo Exhibition On Bharat Jodo Yatra On Rahul’s Birthday

    Congress Youth Wing Organises Photo Exhibition On Bharat Jodo Yatra On Rahul’s Birthday

    The Indian Youth Congress organised a photo exhibition on the Bharat Jodo Yatra on the occasion of party leader Rahul Gandhi’s birthday on Monday, according to a statement.

    The IYC, the youth wing of the party, organised various programmes to mark Gandhi’s birthday. It took out a march from the organisation office to Jantar Mantar.

    IYC president Srinivas BV said the photo exhibition on the Bharat Jodo Yatra was organised at the organisation office to mark the occasion. Gandhi led the Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir foot march between September last year and January this year.

    Srinivas said Gandhi is a “hope” for every section of the country, the “trust” of every youth, and the “true voice of the country”.

    Gandhi is fighting for the people of the country on the issues of unemployment and inflation, he added.

  • Rahul Effect: 15 out of 20 seats on the route of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress in the bag

    Rahul Effect: 15 out of 20 seats on the route of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress in the bag

    New Delhi (IANS) | Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra last year passed through 20 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, out of which 15 seats were won by the party’s candidates on Saturday.

    The country’s oldest party is all set for a historic victory with 136 seats in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly.

    Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 last year, entered Karnataka via Kerala on September 30.

    The yatra was held in two phases from September 30 to October 19 in Karnataka and covered a distance of 511 kilometers in seven districts of the state.

    Rahul Gandhi traveled over 500 km in Karnataka after entering Gundlupet along with several party leaders and was finally seen off from the state by the people of Raichur district.

    Former party chief in Karnataka Sonia Gandhi also participated in the yatra on 6 October.

    Speaking about the yatra’s impact in the state, a senior party leader said, “The yatra led by Rahul Gandhi passed through 20 assembly seats in the state and Congress is leading in 15 of them.”

    Meanwhile, Congress general secretary and party’s communication in-charge Jairam Ramesh said it was a direct impact of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka. The intangible effect was unifying the party, revitalizing the cadre and shaping the script for the Karnataka elections.

    The guarantees and promises in our manifesto were discussed and finalized based on Rahul Gandhi’s interactions with the people of Karnataka during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh said.

    Visit Ballari (ST), Bellary City, Gundlupet, Challakere (ST), Hiriyur, Molakapuru (ST), Melukote, Nagamangala, Srirangapatna, Chamundeshwari, Krishnaraja, Nanjangud (SC), Narasimharaja, Varuna, Raichur, Raichur Rural (ST), Passed through Chikkanayakkanahalli, Gubbi, Sira and Turuvekere assembly seats.

    According to party leaders, the party had won five of these seats in the 2018 assembly elections, while this year the party is leading in 15 seats. The JD-S had won six of these 20 assembly seats in Karnataka in 2018, while the BJP had won nine.

    In this year’s assembly polls, the JD-S was leading in three seats, while the BJP was leading in only two.

    Rahul Gandhi got an opportunity to connect with the local people and listen to their concerns during the 3,570-km padyatra.

    The yatra covered the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and concluded in Srinagar on January 31 this year.

    The Congress has won 118 seats in Karnataka and is leading in 18, while the ruling BJP has won 53 and is leading in 11. JD-S, on the other hand, has won 18 seats and is leading in two seats in the southern state.

    Voting for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly took place on 10 May. The Congress ran an aggressive campaign in the state and highlighted issues of corruption. The party also promised five guarantees for the people of the state.

    –IANS

  • Rahul Gandhi Created Powerful Narrative Via Bharat Jodo Yatra, BJP Trying To ‘divert’ Attention: Congress

    Rahul Gandhi Created Powerful Narrative Via Bharat Jodo Yatra, BJP Trying To ‘divert’ Attention: Congress

    The Congress on Friday said Rahul Gandhi created a powerful new national narrative through the Bharat Jodo Yatra and alleged that a “rattled BJP” has been trying to “derail, distort, defame and divert”.

    In a tweet in Hindi, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said one of the three important issues raised during the Bharat Jodo Yatra was growing economic inequality and the main reason for this is skyrocketing inflation.

    He also shared a chart comparing the prices of essential commodities in 2013 with that of 2023. Sharing the chart, Ramesh urged people to look at the way household budget has been affected in the last 10 years.

    In another tweet, Ramesh said, “Rahul Gandhi created a powerful new national narrative through Bharat Jodo Yatra. It was truly transformational.” “A rattled BJP has been trying to derail, distort, defame and divert from that narrative. Sadly some high, supposedly neutral authorities are also engaging in this 4D assault,” the Congress leader said.

    His remarks come a day after opposition parties, including Congress, TMC, BRS and Samajwadi Party, came together in a show of unity and accused the Modi government of getting the second half of the budget session “washed out”, while asserting that if this attitude continues, the country will move towards “dictatorship”.

    Addressing a joint press conference of opposition leaders at the Constitution Club on Thursday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Modi government of not walking the talk on democratic principles and causing disruptions in Parliament to divert attention from the Opposition’s demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue.