Rahul Gandhi addressing supporters during Congress’ Bharat Jodi Yatra in Kerala (PTI)
Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala respects everyone in the state and does not allow itself to divide or spread hatred and therefore, the Bharat Jodi Yatra is an extension of these ideas, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said at the end of the fifth day of the yatra on Sunday. Here.
Addressing the thousands who attended the yatra during the day, Gandhi said, “It is natural and normal for the people of Kerala to stand together, work together in harmony and you have shown it to the rest of the country. ” He further said that the reason for a good education system and “the kindest nurse” in the state is that “Kerala respects everyone in Kerala”.
He said, “It neither allows itself to be divided nor allows hatred to spread in the state. So in a sense the Bharat Jodi Yatra is an extension of the prevailing ideas in Kerala.”
He also said that the message Congress is trying to spread through the yatra is not a new message.
“It is a very old message which is in the DNA of Kerala,” Gandhi said.
On the first day of the Congress’ Bharat Jodi Yatra in Kerala, where the party has a significant cadre base and followers, there was heavy turnout during the day as the yatra extended from Parsala to Nemom in the state’s southernmost district.
Beginning of the Kerala leg of the 3,570-km long journey from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, Congress members and workers, along with senior party leaders, gathered at Parsala early in the morning to welcome Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, along with Congress members and workers. Got accumulated. Jammu and Kashmir.
The first leg of the day’s tour ended after a three-hour long walk at Neyyattinkara and before the second leg began at 5 pm, Gandhi interacted with the students of GR Public School and handloom workers from Balaramapuram here, which Famous Handloom Garment Manufacture.
Gandhi listened to the concerns of weavers such as poor wages, lack of benefits from the government and rising raw material costs and said that he sees them not only as handloom workers, but as people who have lived a historical and traditional tradition. Protecting the industry. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee said.
Praising their work, they suggest that they come up with new designs and innovations and also offer all assistance, it said.
The workers also presented him a Congress symbol made of handloom.
Gandhi also paid tribute at the memorial of social reformer Ayyankali during his break from the yatra.
“During the afternoon break of the fourth day of #BharatJodoYatra @RahulGandhi @RahulGandhi visited one of India’s most iconic monuments. Shri Ayyankali was one of the greatest social reformers of the 20th century who helped millions of underprivileged and discriminated Empowered, and remain iconic,” tweeted Jairam Ramesh, general secretary in-charge of AICC communications.
In the coming days of the yatra, Gandhi will also visit the memorials of social reformers Chattampi Swamikal and Narayan Guru.
Senior Congress leaders announced this to journalists when the yatra halted after the first leg of the yatra, where they also launched the yatra’s Malayalam theme song.
He also called the huge crowd of people who came to watch and join the yatra “beyond expectations” as thousands of people joined the march and even more crowds ‘travellers’ were passing on both sides of the road.
He said, “It was never our intention to mobilize crowd for the morning leg of the yatra. For the afternoon leg of the yatra only Congress workers were mobilizing supporters to participate in the yatra.
“However, the response we got in the morning itself was beyond our expectations,” Congress leaders told reporters.
In aerial visuals shown on Bharat Jodi Yatra and Twitter handles of various Congress leaders, it was a serpent procession that seemed to be hundreds of meters long.
In the second leg of the day’s yatra, the polling increased further with the passengers following Gandhi and raising slogans of ‘Jodo India’ and ‘Jodo Jodo’.
Apart from prominent persons, senior party leaders such as Shashi Tharoor, KC Venugopal and Digvijay Singh, KPCC president K Sudhakaran and Congress MPs like Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state assembly VD Satheesan also accompanied Gandhi on the yatra.
Sometimes, children would also join the Wayanad MP for some time in the yatra.
Gandhi took a short break for breakfast at a roadside eatery in the morning, which came as a pleasant surprise to the shopkeeper, who was seen smiling in pictures and videos tweeted on Congress leaders and Bharat Jodi Yatra Twitter handle Had been.
Speaking to reports after the yatra halted at Neyyattinkara, Ramesh announced the launch of the nearly three-minute long Bharat Jodi Yatra theme song in Malayalam.
Gandhi’s sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also shared pictures of the Yatra on her Facebook page and said that every section of the society is excited about the Bharat Jodi Yatra which is evident from the participation and enthusiasm of farmers, labourers, youth, women, children and others. Elderly.
“The message of the people of the country is clear – inflation, unemployment, economic crisis and divisive politics must end,” he said in his Facebook post.
After entering Kerala from Parasala near the Tamil Nadu border, Gandhi would travel 450 km over a period of 19 days to Nilambur in Malappuram.
The yatra will cover 12 states and two union territories, and will cover a distance of 3,570 km from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu to Jammu and Kashmir in a span of 150 days.
There will be mega rallies in 22 big cities.
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