After a nine-day winter break, the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra on Tuesday entered Uttar Pradesh after resuming its second leg of the journey from the national capital.
Party workers lined up on both sides of the road at the Loni border in Ghaziabad and welcomed Rahul Gandhi and other ‘yatris’ as the march entered the state.
AICC general secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined the Yatra and welcomed her brother in presence of leaders of the Uttar Pradesh Congress and Delhi Congress. The Yatra flag was handed over between the leaders of both states at a specially made stage.
AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, Delhi Congress chief Anil Kumar Chaudhary, and Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh, including CLP leader Aradhna Mishra, were among those present.
On December 24, the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Delhi.
Addressing a joint press conference in Delhi on Monday, AICC general secretary organisation K C Venugopal and AICC general secretary, communications Jairam Ramesh, said the yatra has so far covered 3,122 km from Gandhi Mandapam in Kanyakumari to the Red Fort in Delhi.
Over the 108 days, the Yatra has covered 49 districts in nine states and one Union Territory — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Delhi.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday thanked Gandhi for inviting him to the yatra and wished it success in the state. However, his party spokesperson said that neither will Akhilesh nor any leader from the party attend the yatra, reported PTI.