Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s country-wide march, this time as ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, entered its second day on Monday, resuming from Sekmai, Imphal West. Addressing the public, the leader said that he “wants to bring peace back to Manipur.”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi began the second day of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Sekmai on Monday and interacted with the people who had lined up along the route to greet him.
Starting the yatra in a custom-made Volvo bus, Gandhi also walked for some distance meeting people and enquiring about their problems. Several people, mostly women and children, had lined up along the yatra route and cheered on Gandhi as his bus made its way along several busy areas here.
In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “Day 2 of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra began bright and early at 7:30 am with the traditional flag hoisting by Seva Dal at the campsite. PCC President of Manipur @meghachandra_k hoisted the flag.” “The yatra will move from Sekmai to Kangpokpi and then Senapati in Manipur before finally halting in Nagaland at night,” he said.
The yatra began Sunday from violence-hit Manipur with Gandhi asserting that the party will present a new vision for India that will be based on harmony, brotherhood and equitability and devoid of hatred, violence and monopoly.
At a rally here to flag off the over-6,700-km yatra with which the party is looking to set the narrative for the Lok Sabha polls, Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting Manipur as it reeled under ethnic violence, and vowed to ensure justice for its people.
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