CONGRESS OPEN TO ROUTE CHANGE IN ONGOING YATRA

NEW DELHI: The Congress party is open to changes in the route of its ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra to accommodate priorities of the party’s various state units, people familiar with the matter said, adding that dates are likely to remain unchanged.

The party’s task force for the Bharat Jodo Yatra met on Monday to assess the outcome of its biggest foot-march that has completed 68 days since it started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on August 23. The assessment was necessitated as the march has completed its south Indian leg and entered north, where the party faces tougher political challenge from the BJP.

“We were having a review meeting of Bharat Jodo Yatra because half of the yatra is completed. Now, we’re in the hearts of north India so the feedback is important on how to move forward,” Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said hours before the meeting.

“Response from the public and party workers is incomparable to any other event.”