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A Message Of Opposition Unity As Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra Ends In Mumbai Today

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Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra ends in Mumbai today. Mumbai: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will end today in Mumbai with his key allies in attendance, two months after he began the 6,700-km foot march from Manipur. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav will attend the event at Shivaji Park that marks the end of the yatra, a Congress leader said. Besides, Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aaditya, Sharad Pawar, and Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren are also expected to join the event in a message of opposition unity ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Former Congress chief and Mr Gandhi’s mother Sonia Gandhi will also be present at the event, said sources, adding she would also meet the Maharashtra alliance leaders earlier in the day. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who reached Mumbai yesterday and joined the yatra, will also attend the event. “Today ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ is coming to an end. We both are very happy to …

The Hindu Morning Digest: February 20, 2024

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According to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, from the 2025-26 academic session, students will get an opportunity to appear for 10th and 12th class board exams twice. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu PM Modi to to launch projects worth ₹30,500 crore in Jammu and Kashmir on February 20 All eyes in J&K are on the upcoming public rally in Jammu to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 20. He is likely to inaugurate and announce projects worth ₹30,500 crore and formally kick off the party’s campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. Students to get option of appearing in 10th, 12th board exams twice from 2025-26: Pradhan Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on February 19 said students will get an option of appearing for 10th and 12th class board examinations twice a year from the academic session 2025-26. PM Modi to inaugurate new IITs, IIMs today Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation for a number of new educational institutions on Tuesday. The projects are worth ₹13,375 crore. The …

After clash and FIR, Kharge writes to Amit Shah, flags Rahul Gandhi’s security concerns | India News

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Meanwhile, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah raising concerns over the security lapses faced by Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’s Assam leg and asked him to ensure the party leader’s safety. In his letter, Kharge mentioned incidents of Gandhi’s convoy being blocked by BJP workers in Nagaon and the state party president Bhupen Borah being physically assaulted in Sonitpur district. He said that there have been several instances where the Assam Police has been found wanting to provide adequate security to Gandhi, who is entitled to Z+ security. This letter comes after the Assam police registered a case against Gandhi and other Congress leaders yesterday, following a scuffle between participants of the Yatra and the Assam Police when they attempted to enter Guwahati city. Kharge wrote that on Day 1 of the Yatra the Assam Police was found protecting the posters of the BJP in Amguri, Sibsagar district instead of ensuring safe passage for the Yatra. On Day 2, “miscreants associated with the …

Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra passes through violence-hit areas of Manipur

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, in Kohima, Nagaland, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The sense of normalcy visible at Imphal city gradually gives way to a sense of distrust and a deep divide as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra passed through Imphal West and into Kuki-dominated Kangpokpi.  On Monday, January 15, 2024 , second day of the 67-day long Manipur-to-Mumbai yatra, Mr. Gandhi’s customised Volvo bus went past some of the areas that had become battlegrounds after ethnic violence between the Meitei community and the Kuki tribes erupted on May 3. Deployment of security personnel outside some villages, a completely damaged house with a signboard that read “Meitei Go,” several signs boards that read “Welcome to Kuki land,” the signs of a deep social divide was very much visible. Manipur Congress chief Keisham Meghachandra Singh, Former Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, both from the Meitei community, were missing from Mr. Gandhi’s entourage as enthusiastic crowds lined up the narrow roads while moving from Imphal to …

Congress kick-starts Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur | Latest News India

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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday kick-started his second large-scale outreach programme, the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, from violence-hit Manipur’s Thoubal district near Imphal. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi at the launch event of the party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Manipur.(X/Congress) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and other top leaders of the party participated in the launch ceremony of the yatra in Thoubal. The yatra aims to revive the party’s electoral prospects in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, following a poor showing in the last round of assembly elections. Amazon Sale season is here! Splurge and save now! Click here The starting point of the Congress’ yatra in Manipur holds significance as it comes against the backdrop of ongoing ethnic violence in the state, which has claimed over 180 lives since May. The Congress has said that it is taking out the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is not an electoral one but is being taken out as the government did not give it a chance to raise people’s issues in Parliament and the initiative is aimed …

Congress’ Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra LIVE updates: Rahul Gandhi to kickstart campaign today from Manipur

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Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra route – Details The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which will begin from Manipur’s Thoubal district on January 14, will cover a distance of 6,713 km, straddling 100 Lok Sabha constituencies and 337 assembly segments and covering 110 districts. According to party leaders, the yatra is likely to enter Bihar through West Bengal by the end of January and head towards Jharkhand. It will conclude in Mumbai on March 20 after a span of 67 days. Source link

Congress To Kick-Start Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra From Manipur Today Amid These Restrictions

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The Yatra is slated to be flagged off from a private ground in Manipure’ Thoubal district Imphal, Manipur: The Manipur government has imposed restrictions on the flagging off programme of Congress’ Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Thoubal district on January 14 stating that the programme should not exceed an hour and the number of participants be a maximum 3000. The permission was issued by the office of Thoubal deputy commissioner on January 11 and was shared by the party with the reporters here on Saturday, a day ahead of the yatra. The permission said the programme should not exceed an hour as the venue is just beside and along the national highway and traffic has to be diverted to alternate routes, it said. Also the number of participants should be restricted to a “manageable limit” of maximium 3000 persons, it said. The Congress had changed the venue from Imphal Palace Ground to a private ground in Thoubal after the BJP-led N Biren Singh government had given conditional approval to flag off the yatra from the …