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BJP “Scared” Of Love Bharat Jodo Yatra Has Received: Congress

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They are only bothered about the love the Bharat Jodo Yatra has received, Congress’ Pawan Khera said. New Delhi:  Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s letter to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot asking them to follow COVID-19 guidelines strictly during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra has elicited diverse reactions from leaders. Talking about the issue, Congress leader Pawan Khera said BJP is scared of the love Bharat Jodo Yatra has received. He said, “Their intent is clear. They are only bothered about the love the Yatra has received.” He also added, “If BJP was worried about the country, they would have written a letter to Satish Poonia as well who is taking out ‘Jan Aakrosh Yatra’ in Rajasthan.” Talking about the same, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said, “If the government issues Covid protocols, we will follow it.” He was speaking at a Press conference of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh as Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Haryana on Wednesday. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by …

Rajasthan Congress Chief Govind Singh Dotasra Tells Its Leaders To “Walk 15 Km Once A Month”

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Rajasthan Congress chief said the Bharat Jodo Yatra was “a celebration for all of us as well.” (File) Jaipur: As Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra completes its Rajasthan leg, its state chief Govind Singh Dotasra announced on Tuesday that it will be mandatory for all in the Congress’ state unit, including ministers, MLAs and officebearers, to walk 15 kilometers once a month to connect with the people. The Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir entered Congress-ruled Rajasthan, where elections are due next year, on December 5 and has covered 485 km in six districts of Jhalawar, Kota, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa and Alwar. “The government and organisation, we all will work together. We will decide on January 26 or January 27 when to start the 15-km walk once a month. It will be mandatory for every minister, legislator, worker, and people of the organisation to walk 15 kilometers once a month,” Mr Dotasra told reporters on Tuesday. The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president said, “If someone wants to work in the organisation, someone wants to become …

Playing against BJP on Congress-prepared pitch due to Yatra: Jairam Ramesh

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Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on December 18 said the Bharat Jodo Yatra has ensured that the Congress is now setting the political narrative in the country and the BJP has been made to play on a pitch prepared by his party. In an interview with PTI on the yatra completing 100 days, Mr. Ramesh also said that Rahul Gandhi is trying to sharpen the ideological basis of the Congress and is working along with the party’s elected president, Mallikarjun Kharge, as a ‘jugalbandi’ (together). Asked whether the party could undertake another such yatra next year, Mr. Ramesh said, “I would certainly love to participate in a Porbandar (Gujarat) to Parshuram Kund (Arunachal Pradesh) Yatra but whether we can do it next year and how we can do it next year, it has to be discussed and debated in appropriate party forums.” The Congress general secretary in-charge communications asserted that through the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Mr. Gandhi has given a new direction to the political discourse and the Congress has set the narrative for the …

Kunal Kamra on joining Bharat Jodo: ‘Standing up against power also democratic’ | Latest News India

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Stand-up comic Kunal Kamra on Wednesday shared a post on his participation in the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra as he also took a swipe at those “trying to be neutral”. The 34-year-old stand-up comic – who has been at the centre of many controversies in the past and has had his shows cancelled – joins the list of non-political personalities taking part in the grand old party’s Kanyakumari to Kashmir foot march, which began in September. “After spending a week with the Bharat Jodo Yatra I think people shying away from walking the yatra & trying to be neutral,” Kunal Kamra wrote on Twitter along with his picture with Rahul Gandhi. “It’s not neutrality that’s keeping you on the fence; it’s fear. Standing up against power is also democratic, like it use to be before 2014,” he further added in an apparent jibe at the BJP, which came to power in 2014. As expected, Kamra’s presence in the footmarch – which is currently in Rajasthan – prompted comments from the rival side. “Kanhaiya Kumar, Swara …

Ex-RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan joins Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Sawai Madhopur district on December 14. | Photo Credit: PTI Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan on December 14. Videos on social media showed Mr. Rajan and the former Congress chief having a discussion while marching as the Congress’ yatra resumed from Bhadoti of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan this morning. Sharing a picture of the two, the Congress tweeted in Hindi: “Shri Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of RBI, with @RahulGandhi ji… The increasing number of people standing up to unite the country against hatred shows that we will be successful.” #BharatJodoYatra में @RahulGandhi जी के साथ कदम मिलाते RBI के पूर्व गवर्नर श्री रघुराम राजन… नफ़रत के खिलाफ देश जोड़ने के लिए खड़े होने वालों की बढ़ती संख्या बताती है कि- हम होंगे कामयाब। pic.twitter.com/MFV6izCpcw — Congress (@INCIndia) December 14, 2022 Mr. Rajan, a vocal critic of demonetisation and other economic policies, had …

Asked Ashok Gehlot About “Two-Three Things” That Need To Be Done: Rahul Gandhi

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Rahul Gandhi praised the work done by the Gehlot government. Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he has told Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot about “two-three things” that need to be done, and are more important than what has been accomplished in the past. Addressing a corner meeting during his Bharat Jodo Yatra, now passing through the Congress-ruled state, Mr Gandhi stressed he would not divulge what he has told Mr Gehlot. The state has seen infighting in the Congress with Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot tussling for power. Rahul Gandhi praised the work done by the Gehlot government, but added that what needed to be done next was “more necessary”. He said he wants to give a “message” to the Congress party. Referring to the speech of Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra about the work done by the party, Mr Gandhi said, “PCC president said that the Congress has done this and that… that is okay… but I want to give a message to the party …