Guwahati: Bharat Jodo Yatra, the mass-contact campaign led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in the capital on Saturday morning.
The foot march entered Delhi from Haryana after beginning the padayatra at the NHPC metro station in Faridabad at around six in the morning.
The ceremony to handover the Yatra’s flag took conducted close to the Badarpur metro station. “Some people are spreading hatred but the common man of the country is now talking about love. In every state, lakhs have joined the yatra. I’ve said to people of RSS-BJP that we’re here to open the shop of love in your ‘bazaar’ of hatred,” Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said soon after reaching Delhi as reported by ANI.
According to reports, the Bharat Jodo Yatra is expected to arrive at the Red Fort about 4:30 pm. The Yatra will also visit Rajghat and pay tribute to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
The Center has issued a warning to the yatra due to an increase in Covid cases across the nation.
The Delhi Police issued a travel caution earlier on Friday, alerting locals about route alterations and traffic detours.
“In view of the Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Indian National Congress in Delhi on December 24, 2022, traffic has been changed on various routes. Citizens are requested to avoid the affected roads and make maximum use of public transport,” the Delhi Traffic Police said.
So far, the Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari on September 7, has covered parts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra and Haryana.
According to the Congress, it is the longest foot march by an Indian politician in Indian history.
Rahul Gandhi aims to mobilise the party apparatus and bring the populace together in opposition to the BJP’s “divisive politics in the country” through this yatra.