Guwahati: The Congress announced on Tuesday that party members and leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, will take part in a ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari to Kashmir on September 7.
According to Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh the Quit India Movement, which led to the country’s independence five years later, was started on this day 80 years ago by the Indian National Congress under the leadership and inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi.
“Today the Indian National Congress announces the launch of its Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra from September 7, 2022”, Ramesh stated in a statement.
Ramesh stated, this is a padayatra (foot march) covering 12 states and two Union Territories and will be about 3,500-km long and will take 150 days to finish.
Additionally, congress workers along with the leader Rahul Gandhi will participate in the yatra, Ramesh said.
In order to offer an alternative to the politics of fear, bigotry, and prejudice as well as the economics of livelihood destruction, rising unemployment, and widening disparities, the Congress appeals to everyone who wishes to take part in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, he stated.
In a tweet, Ramesh attacked the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, asking questions about the role it played when Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit India movement.
“It was on the side-lines dissociating itself from the mass movement. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee took no part while Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Azad, Prasad, Pant and many others were jailed,” he said.