Rahul Gandhi lately accomplished the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir

Raipur:

The one huge takeaway from the Congress plenary session, which led to Raipur as we speak, was the social gathering’s plan for one more yatra led by Rahul Gandhi — this time from east to west — to maintain up the momentum of the Bharat Jodo Yatra within the run-up to the 2024 nationwide elections. The social gathering, sources mentioned, is contemplating the plan critically, in view of the large response acquired by the final one.

While there was discuss of an east-to-west foot march even when the Bharat Jodo Yatra was on, it had not made it to the drafting board. But Mr Gandhi hinted that he intends to proceed.

Speaking on the plenary session, he mentioned the Congress is a “party of sacrifice” and the “sacrifice and work must continue”. “Please make a programme with our sweat and blood, and the entire country will be with us,” he added.

“For four months we had undertaken the Bharat Jodo Yatra… Lakhs of people participated despite extreme weather conditions and we all learnt a lot”.

The senior Congress chief mentioned the topic of his duties occupied his thoughts through the lengthy, arduous 1,760-km march.

“The day we started doing this everything changed. We didn’t talk politics… the relationship (with people) changed… Bharat Mata gave me a message to shed all the arrogance… I used to meet people and the arrogance etc, all vanished. When I reached Jammu and Kashmir, I became quiet… I don’t have a house. Whoever comes, rich or poor, old or young, any religion, they must know I have come to their house,” he mentioned.

The 52-year-old, whose bodily health has been the topic of many a tweet by his social gathering and his supporters, mentioned he was “having a lot of pain” in his leg whereas he was rowing a snake boat in Kerala. “I used to get up in the morning and wonder how will I do this walk every day,” confessed Mr Gandhi, who set a gruelling tempo for among the social gathering’s very senior leaders.  

The Congress has determined to work with like-minded political events within the run as much as 2024 elections and says it plans to proceed to steer the alliance. “We would like all political parties to forge unity and work together to fight the BJP,” mentioned Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

The social gathering additionally plans to maintain up its mass contact programmes, with particular focus to succeed in out to the poor and marginalised communities, because it will get prepared for state and normal elections.