INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI A second edition of the Bharat Jodo Yatra is under active consideration, with the Congress on Saturday stating that it might be
undertaken from the eastern part of the country to the west.Addressing a briefing on the deliberations of the first meeting of the
reconstituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) here, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said members of the party's top decision-making
body have requested to organise a "Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0 from east to west"."That matter is under consideration," he said in response to a
question about organising the second edition of the Bharat Jodo Yatra
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had undertaken the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir from September 7, 2022, to January
The Congress leaders have said the 136-day march, covering 4,081 kilometres in 12 states and two Union territories, 75 districts and 76 Lok
Sabha constituencies, left an indelible impression on people's minds
During the course of the yatra, Gandhi addressed 12 public meetings, more than 100 street-corner meetings and 13 press conferences
He had over 275 planned walking interactions and more than 100 sitting interactions
Several experts had said a big takeaway from the yatra for the Congress had been Gandhi's image transformation
With over 4,000 kilometres under his belt, Gandhi had managed to catch the attention of his supporters as well as detractors
The march saw participation from a cross-section of society, including film and TV celebrities such as Kamal Haasan, Pooja Bhatt, Riya Sen,
Swara Bhasker, Rashami Desai, Akanksha Puri and Amol Palekar
Besides, writers and military veterans, including former Army chief Gen (Retd) Deepak Kapoor and ex-Navy chief Admiral (Retd) L Ramdas, and
noted people such as former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and ex-finance secretary Arvind Mayaram had also participated in the yatra
Opposition leaders such as National Conference's Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, PDP's Mehbooba Mufti, Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray,
Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut and NCP's Supriya Sule, had also walked alongside Gandhi at various points in time during the
march.(With inputs from agencies)
