Veteran actor Kamal Hassan on Saturday joined Rahul Gandhi-led Congress’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra‘ because it marches forward in New Delhi. Hassan is the newest celeb to hitch the Congress’s padyatra, which has already coated almost 3,000 km and can cowl 12 states travelling a complete of three,570 km earlier than culminating in Jammu and Kashmir in January-end.

“Many people ask me why I am here. I am here as an Indian. My father was a Congressman. I had various ideologies and started my own political party but when it comes to the country, all political party lines have to blur. I blurred that line and came here,” Haasan mentioned after the Bharat Jodo Yatra reached the long-lasting Red Fort.

“I stood in entrance of the mirror and mentioned to myself – that is the time when the nation wants me probably the most. Then a voice got here from inside me ‘Kamal… do not assist break India, assist unite’,” he added.

The Gandhi family walked together in the yatra earlier in the day as former party president Sonia Gandhi, her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren joined Rahul Gandhi in the march.

Gandhi and her family members walked with Rahul Gandhi for a short distance till the yatra halted for the morning break at the Ashram Chowk in Delhi.

This is the second time Sonia Gandhi, also Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson, joined the yatra that began in September from Kanyakumari. She had earlier taken part in the march in October when it was in Mandya in Karnataka.

This is the first time the entire family has walked in the Bharat Jodo Yatra together.

Wearing a mask, Sonia Gandhi walked with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Robert Vadra and her grandchildren and waved to the public waiting along the roads to see the family.

“The love that I’ve obtained from her, I’m sharing the identical with the nation,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi with an image of a heat hug together with his mom.

The Congress additionally shared the identical image.

The yatra entered Delhi from Haryana Saturday morning and was accorded a heat welcome on the Badarpur border by get together leaders and staff.

Traffic snarls have been reported from components of Delhi because the march made its means by way of the nationwide capital. The yatra will halt close to the Red Fort within the night.

(With inputs from PTI)