Last Update: January 11, 2023, 22:49 IST
The yatra, which began on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, will end in Srinagar by January 30.
A DSSP spokesperson said that in a meeting, the party unanimously decided to warmly welcome the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Punjab to Kathua district on January 20.
Extending support to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Dogra Swabhiman Sanghatana party and Shiv Sena’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Wednesday announced that they will join it when the march enters Jammu and Kashmir next week.
A DSSP spokesperson said that in a meeting, the party unanimously decided to warmly welcome the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Punjab to Kathua district on January 20.
The DSSP was formed by former minister Chaudhary Lal Singh after parting ways with the BJP in 2018.
Two-time MP and three-time MLA Singh, who switched from Congress to BJP in 2014, asked all like-minded parties to support the yatra and defeat the “nefarious designs of enemies” within and outside the country.
“DSSP leading the Municipal Council Kathua will warmly welcome the Bharat Jodo Yatra on behalf of all the Dogras of Jammu. There is a need to defeat the forces bent on breaking the secular fabric of Jammu and Kashmir. A large number of people should join it so that “a befitting reply can be given to those who do politics of hatred and religion”.
“We will welcome and join the Bharat Jodo Yatra in the city of temples as directed by the party’s national secretary and MP Anil Desai. In these times of despair and hatred, a journey that gives the message of brotherhood is most needed in the country, especially in Jammu and Kashmir.
He alleged that religion and casteism were being used to divert public attention from various important issues like unemployment, price rise and economic crisis.
“Jammu and Kashmir, the crown jewel of the country, is suffering after its bifurcation into two Union Territories (in August 2019) and the abrogation of its special status under Article 370,” he said, adding people are seeking democratic restoration. Waiting process over the past three years.
He also said that there has been a spurt in terrorist attacks on minorities in the last few years.
The yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, will end in Srinagar by January 30, with Gandhi hoisting the national flag in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have been covered so far in March. Welcoming the decision of DSSP and Shiv Sena to join the yatra, J&K Congress chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said that many top leaders of different political parties are likely to join the yatra in J&K.
“The support to the Yatra has discouraged the BJP, whose leaders have been issuing irresponsible and illogical statements as they feel that the failure of the policies and programs of the central government and the UT administration will be exposed to the nation,” he said. “
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