Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India]Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘T-shirt’ remark on Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress is engaged in uniting the country while the ruling party is still stuck. In T-shirt and khaki shorts.
“It seems so. The Center has only one ‘T-shirt’ against the biggest India Jodi Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. In the world’s largest democracy, when one party is uniting the country, the one who is dividing The party is still hanging in the T-shirt and khaki shorts,” Baghel said on Twitter (roughly translated as Hindi).
As soon as Congress’s ‘Bharat Jodi Yatra’ reached on the third day, there was a face-off between BJP and Congress over Rahul Gandhi’s T-shirt.
The BJP took to social media to attack the Congress, claiming that Rahul Gandhi, who had been raising the issue of inflation during the ‘Bharat Jodi Yatra’, was wearing a T-shirt worth Rs 41,257 on Friday.
Congress, on the other hand, hit back at the BJP saying that the ruling party at the Center is scared of people’s reaction to the Bharat Jodi Yatra.
The Congress said on Twitter, “Hey… are you scared? Seeing the crowd gathered for the Bharat Jodi Yatra. Talk about the issue. Speak on unemployment and inflation. If you want to talk about clothes, then Modi ji’s 10 lakh rupees. Suits and glasses of 1.5 lakh should be talked about. Does BJP want to discuss it? Meanwhile, Congress on Friday celebrated the third day of ‘Bharat Jodi Yatra’ led by party MP Rahul Gandhi in Nagercoil town of Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. started of.
The third day of the journey started from Scott Christian College in Nagercoil till Azhagiamandapam Junction in Tamil Nadu.
Rahul Gandhi will undertake a 3,500 km march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir which will be completed in 150 days and will cover 12 states. After reaching Kerala on 11 September, the yatra will pass through the state for the next 18 days, reaching Karnataka on 30 September. It will be over Karnataka for 21 days before moving northwards.
Speaking at the launch of the Bharat Jodi Yatra at a rally on 7 September, Rahul Gandhi said that every single institution in the country is under attack as he sought people’s support to help keep the country united. “They (BJP) think they can scare the opposition by using CBI, ED and IT. The problem is that they don’t understand the Indian people. Indians are not afraid. The Wayanad MP said that not a single opposition leader is going to be afraid of the BJP.
He further highlighted the importance of the Indian tricolor and slammed the BJP for allegedly treating it as his personal property.
“It gives me immense pleasure to start the India Jodi journey from this beautiful place. The national flag represents the religion and language of every person living in this country. They (BJP and RSS) think that this flag is their personal property,” said Rahul Gandhi.
It is worth noting that along with Rahul Gandhi, all Congress MPs, leaders and workers will remain in the container for the next 150 days. Some of the containers also have sleeping beds, toilets and ACs. There will be differences in temperature and atmosphere in many areas during the journey. This arrangement has been made in view of the scorching heat and humidity along with the change of location.
The 148-day march will end in Kashmir. The five-month journey is going to cover a distance of 3,500 km and over 12 states. The padyatra (March) will cover a distance of 25 km per day.
The yatra will include padyatras, rallies and public meetings, which will be attended by senior Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
The Congress suffered a defeat in the assembly elections held earlier this year and the yatra is being seen as an attempt to rally the party’s rank and file for the upcoming electoral battle. (ANI)
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