BHARAT JODO YATRA ENTERS MADHYA PRADESH

BODARLI: The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi entered Bodarli village in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district from neighbouring Maharashtra on Wednesday morning.

On the occasion, Gandhi said their campaign was against hatred, violence and fear being spread in society.

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole handed over the tricolour to Madhya Pradesh party chief Kamal Nath to formally launch the 12-day-long yatra in the central state, where it will cover a distance of 380 km before entering Rajasthan.

Bodarli, a village with a population of nearly 6,000, was decorated with banana leaves as the region is known for the cultivation of the fruit.

“This yatra is against hatred, violence and fear being spread in the country. We have started the Bharat Jodo Yatra by taking the tricolour in our hands from Kanyakumari. Nobody can stop this tricolour from reaching Srinanagar,” said Gandhi.

Targeting the central government on the issues of unemployment and inflation, he said, “The BJP first spreads fear in the minds of youth, farmers and labourers and when it sets in, they convert it into violence.”

He also claimed that industries, airports and seaports were in the hands of only three-four industrialists in the country.

Senior Congress leaders including former chief minister Digvijaya Singh and Leader of Opposition Govind Singh were present at the rally.