Gandhi also said that Bharat Jodo Yatra was not for Congress, it was against the ideology that is destroying the country.
Gandhi’s Yatra which had started from Kanyakumari on September 7, 2022 reached Srinagar on January 29, after completing a distance of 4,080 kilometres.
He said that it in the culture of his party to allow conversations and sometimes when those conversations happen, people who have extreme views air their views.
Congress’s strategy of targeting the government on various issues has helped it gain ground in areas where the BJP had been seen as a strong political force, political experts say.
Gandhi also accused the government of doing injustice to Kashmiri Pandits in the Union Territory and asked Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to apologise to the community for alms remarks.
As per schedule, the yatra will culminate in Srinagar on January 30 with a public rally to be addressed by Rahul Gandhi at Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium.
Nath accused Lal Singh of siding with the alleged rapists in Kathua rape and murder case in 2018.
During this campaign, the party has set a target of covering 2.5 lakh gram panchayats, six lakh villages and 10 lakh polling booths
The Congress party’s MPs, state presidents, CLP leaders, and central leaders, besides party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are expected to attend the event in Srinagar; 500 rooms have been booked for the visiting leaders.
Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot are assets of Congress party and indifference between them won’t affect Bharat Jodo Yatra.
On the Gujarat polls, he said Arvind Kejriwal is repeating the promises in Gujarat, which he made in Delhi. Alleging corruption in power, health and education sectors by the Kejriwal government, he said AAP’s model is Bijli, Berozgar and Brashtachar.