Congress has invitied '24 like minded' parties to join Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo yatra at Srinagar. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has out loud the intivation to join the campaign in Srinagar from January 30.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has written to the parties to strengthen the message of the yatra 'harmony and equality'. Senior party leader and communication chief Jairam Ramesh tweeted Mr Kharge's letter.
In the letter to the presidents of the parties congress chief has written "as you know the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir has now completed over 3,300 km. The yatra as a very simple and enduring message of harmony and equality. Indians have fought for these values over the centuries, and they are enshrined in our Constitution. Every day, Yatris walk 20-25 km through the heat, cold and rain. They have carried the yatra message to tens of lakhs of people."
"Today India faces an economic, social and political crisis. At this time, when the opposition voice is being suppressed in the Parliament and the media, the Yatra is connecting directly with the lakhs of people. We have discussed the grave issues affecting our nation inflation, umemployment, social divisions, weaking of democratic institutions and the threat on our borders. All sections of the society have also participated and shared their problems youth, women and elderly farmers, labourers, small businessmen and industrialists; Daits, Adivasis, and linguistic and religious minorities: activists, artists and spiritual leaders. This direct conversation with the people has been a major achievement of the Yatra".
"From the beginning of the Yatra, we have invited the participation of every like- minded Indian Al the invitation of Shri Rahul Gandhi, MPs of several political parties have also walked in the Yatra at different stages. I now invite you to personally join the concluding function of the Bharat Jodo Yatra to be held in Srinagar on January 30th at noon. The function is dedicated to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, who lost his life on this day in his tireless struggle against the ideology of hatred and violence" he said in the letter.
Congress said that they have dedicated this function in the memory of the Mahatma Gandhi "who lost his life on this day in his tireless struggle against the ideology of hatred and violence".
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