Ahead of LS Polls, Rahul Gandhi to Start Manipur to Mumbai 'Bharat Nyay Yatra' From Jan 14

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to lead the Bharat Nyay Yatra from Manipur to Mumbai, starting on January 14.

The Yatra will cover a distance of 6,200 kms and will conclude on March 20, 2024. The Yatra will pass through Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat before finally arriving in Maharashtra.

Addressing a press conference, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said that this will be Bus Yatra with maximum access to the people on the way, adding that few stretches of walking will also be a part of the journey.

Venugopal said that this Yatra comes after Gandhi’s great experience from the first Bharat Jodo Yatra. “The yatra is going to interact with youth, women and marginalised people,” the Congress general secretary added.

Addressing the media along with Venugopal, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also noted that December 28 is the foundation day of the grand old party. On this occasion, he said, ‘Hain Tayyar Hum’ rally has been organised in Nagpur. Party leaders and workers from across the country will be present there, Ramesh said, adding that, “preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are underway.”

The party is set to kick off its campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Maharashtra’s Nagpur on its foundation day. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia, Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other top leaders will be present at the event.

The party’s Maharashtra unit has organised a rally at the Dighori Naka area near Nagpur city, where more than one lakh workers are expected to come. It is also worth noting that the party has named the venue as ‘Bharat Jodo Maidan’, where workers and leaders will be seen sloganeering – ‘Hain Taiyaar Hum’.

Last year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had started the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari on September 7. He concluded the Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on January 29, 2023. The Yatra came to end of its nearly 5-month long course as Rahul Gandhi unfurled the national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.

The cross-country foot march stayed in the news almost right through, mostly for the barbs between the BJP and the Congress and occasionally for other reasons, including infighting in the opposition party.