Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi is grabbing all the limelight by his initiative ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. Earlier Pooja Bhatt, Sushant Singh has joined Bharat Jodo Yatra and now actress Riya Sen joined Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Akola, Maharastra on Thursday. The photoes and videos of the actor walking along with Rahul as they spoke with each other were shared on social media.

She wore a printed orange kurti with denims and a pair of sunglasses as she walked with Rahul Ganhi. They walked in front of a crowd of people, and were surrounded by the politician’s security team.  Riya took to her official Twitter account and wrote, "Grateful to be a part of an initiative that is focused on bringing the people of this country together! @RahulGandhi thank you for championing this bold initiative in a show of unity."

Riya hails from a family of actors that includes her grandmother Suchitra Sen and mother Moon Moon Sen and sister Raima Sen. Riya was only 16, when she got her breakthrough in 1998 after featuring in the music video of Falguni Pathak’s song Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi. Riya went on to star in Hindi films, including the 2001 comedy Style, Sujoy Ghosh’s musical drama Jhankaar Beats (2003) and Ajay Devgn’s Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003). She has not been seen in films for some time now.In addition to Hindi films, Riya has also appeared in Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra commenced on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. Rahul Gandhi has completed the marathon walk in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, before beginning the Telangana. It entered Maharashtra a few days ago.

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