Started on Thursday morning, the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra march’s Assam leg will last till January 25. It will pass through 17 districts and 833 km.
The BJP government in Assam, led by Himanta Biswa Sarma, was labelled as the “most corrupt” in India on Thursday by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Gandhi attacked the ruling BJP and its ideologue Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for “spreading hatred and looting public money” shortly after the Congress’s “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra” entered Assam.
“Perhaps, the most corrupt government in India is in Assam,” Gandhi claimed, addressing party workers at Halowating in the Sivasagar district. “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra” is when we shall bring up the concerns pertaining to Assam.
Gandhi refuted the BJP’s claim that the Congress will not gain from such marches, stating that the “political narrative” of the nation has been altered by the “Bharat Jodo Yatra” last year.
“Hatred is being propagated by the BJP and RSS, inciting conflict between different communities. Their primary task is to plunder the nation and take advantage of its resources,” he declared.
When Gandhi arrived at Mariani town at midday, he noticed hundreds of rural women waiting in line to pick up forms for a recently announced plan at a government-run centre in the Nakachari district. All of the women broke from their ranks and went to the road to meet the Congress MP when they saw Gandhi’s convoy passing by.
Afterwards, the video was posted on social media site X by Jairam Ramesh, the Congress general secretary responsible for communications, who is travelling with Gandhi during the yatra.
On Day 5 of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, women in Mariani who were attending an event hosted by the Chief Minister of Assam spontaneously and joyfully met @RahulGandhi. The Assamese New Year has begun. Ramesh continued.
The Congress MP is leading the 6,713-kilometer march, which started on January 14 in Manipur and will end in Mumbai on March 20. The yatra’s Assam leg will last till January 25.
It is planned for the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ to traverse 110 districts across 15 states.