"It's rebranding and repackaging yatra for Rahul Gandhi": Shehzad Poonawalla on Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
Jan 14, 2024
New Delhi [India], January 14 : Terming the Congress' Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra as a "rebranding and repackaging" procession for Rahul Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday said that the Congress lost all elections after the Bharat Jodo Yatra, adding that it will be interesting to see what they will lose after the Bharat Nyay Yatra.
"This is not 'Nyay Yatra' but it is Rahul Gandhi's 15th relaunch yatra. After the defeat in recent elections, it is a rebranding and repackaging yatra for Rahul, and after the Congress has lost its relevance in the INDIA Alliance, it is a repositioning Yatra for the Congress. After the last Yatra, we have seen that they have lost 8 out of 11 elections," Poonawalla said while speaking to ANI.
He further said that even the people don't take this Yatra seriously adding, "Forget people even allies of the INDIA alliance are taking the Yatra seriously."
"If they are talking about Nyay, since the yatra will pass through Bihar will Rahul Gandhi get Nyay for those Biharis and people of Uttar Pradesh who have been abused by DMK leaders," he asked Congress.
The 'Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra' is scheduled to start at noon with a floral tribute at the Khongjom War Memorial, followed by its launch at Myay Maidan, Khongjom in Manipur's Thoubai.
The evening break was scheduled at 5:30 pm at Koirengei Bazar in Imphal. The night halt will be at Koujengleima Sports Association Football Ground in Imphal's Sekmai.
Rahul Gandhi will cover over 6,700 kilometres over 67 days, going through 110 districts throughout the Yatra.
Ahead of their departure from Delhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said on Sunday that the party aims to reach every house till people get the right to justice.
Earlier on Saturday, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh clarified that the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is an ideological battle the grand old party has mounted against the politics of polarisation and social, economic and political injustice.
The Yatra comes a year after Rahul Gandhi conducted the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, which gave an apparent boost to the Congress party. The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra comes months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
