LIVE: Rahul Gandhi reaches Nagaland with Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra

'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' updates: Rahul Gandhi's Yatra will cover 110 districts in 67 days, before reaching its conclusion in Mumbai. Catch all the latest updates on 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' here

'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' latest news updates: The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached Nagaland on Monday evening. Gandhi arrived along with his party colleagues in Khuzama village in Kohima district, bordering Manipur. The Yatra was flagged off on Sunday by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge from Thoubal in Manipur. People at Khuzama gave a rousing welcome to Gandhi and his team on their arrival. They will take a night halt at the village. During his stay, Gandhi will hold a series of closed-door meetings with Naga tribal organisations, including Naga Hoho, civil society groups and church bodies on the issues and problems faced by them, state Congress working president Khriedi Theunuo said.

Congress leader Salman Khurshid stated on Sunday that the 'yatra' would boost the morale of the party leaders. "Yatra has just started and it has begun very well. The Yatra will go on and it will influence our morale," Khurshid told news agency ANI.

The BJP has been taking jabs the Congress party for startong its second yatra. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi whether he had ever thought about justice (Nyay) for the people of the Sikh community who suffered atrocities in 1984.

The Manipur government had set up curbs 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 stated that 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.

The party has stated it is embarking on the yatra as the government did not give it a chance to raise people's issues in Parliament and the initiative is aimed at re-establishing the principles of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity enshrined in the Constitution.

The yatra will cover 6,713 km, mostly in buses but also on foot. The Yatra wiil cover 110 districts in 67 days, before reaching its end in Mumbai on March 20 or 21.

The yatra will pass through Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat before finally arriving in Maharashtra.

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Rahul Gandhi reaches Nagaland with Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra

The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached Nagaland on Monday evening. Gandhi arrived along with his party colleagues in Khuzama village in Kohima district, bordering Manipur. The Yatra was flagged off on Sunday by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge from Thoubal in Manipur. People at Khuzama gave a rousing welcome to Gandhi and his team on their arrival. They will take a night halt at the village. During his stay, Gandhi will hold a series of closed-door meetings with Naga tribal organisations, including Naga Hoho, civil society groups and church bodies on the issues and problems faced by them, state Congress working president Khriedi Theunuo said.

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Congress' Bharat Jodo Nyay yatra resumes in Manipur; will halt in Nagaland at night

The second day of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra resumed from Imphal West in Manipur early on Monday.

The Yatra will halt in Nagaland at night after commencing from Sekmai, then to Kangpokpi and then Senapati in Manipur.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on X today and said "Day 2 of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra began bright and early at 7:30am with the traditional flag hoisting by Seva Dal at the campsite. PCC President of Manipur Keisham Meghachandra hoisted the flag. The yatra will move from Sekmai to Kangpokpi and then Senapati in Manipur before finally halting in Nagaland at night."