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Rahul visits Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib as Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Punjab

The yatra will cover several parts of Punjab over eight days before reaching Jammu and Kashmir, its final stop, on January 19

India is about brotherhood, unity, that's why BJY is successful: Rahul

"The BJP and RSS people are dividing the country, putting one religion against the other, one caste against the other," Rahul Gandhi added

Rahul visits Golden Temple ahead of Punjab leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar, a day ahead of the Bharat Jodo Yatra beginning its Punjab leg. The Haryana leg of the march concluded on Tuesday in Ambala district. Gandhi will spend few hours in the holy city of Amritsar before returning to Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab this evening, Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh told reporters in Ambala. In a tweet earlier in the day, Ramesh said, "Day 116 #BharatJodoYatra finishes Haryana leg in Ambala now. 2mrw morning is Punjab leg. There can be no better way to begin that than with a pilgrimage to holiest Golden Temple in Amritsar. "There'll be no padyatra this afternoon so that @RahulGandhican pay his respects there," he had said in his tweet. Earlier in the morning, Gandhi resumed the foot march from Shahpur in Ambala Cantt during which he was also joined by party leader Raj Babbar. The Yatra had entered Haryana's Panipat from neighbouring Uttar Pr

Rahul to visit Golden Temple before starting Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar this afternoon before the Bharat Jodo Yatra begins its Punjab leg on Wednesday. The Haryana leg of the march concluded on Tuesday. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Day 116 #BharatJodoYatra finishes Haryana leg in Ambala now. 2mrw morning is Punjab leg. There can be no better way to begin that than with a pilgrimage to holiest Golden Temple in Amritsar. "There'll be no padyatra this afternoon so that @RahulGandhican pay his respects there," Ramesh tweeted. Earlier in the morning, Rahul Gandhi resumed the foot march from Shahpur in Ambala Cantt. The Yatra had entered Haryana's Panipat from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh on Thursday last and later it also passed through Karnal and Kurukshetra districts before concluding in Ambala district. After a halt at New Anaj Mandi, Sirhind in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib on Tuesday night, the Punjab leg of the Yatra will resume from there on Wednesday ...

Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Haryana's Ambala amid dense fog, biting cold

The Yatra started from Ambala's Shahpur around 6 a.m and will reach Saini Bhavan around 10 a.m. where it is supposed to take a break

Bharat Jodo Yatra witnesses all-women walk; Rahul meets Tikait in Haryana

The "Bharat Jodo Yatra" of the Congress party witnessed an all-women walk for a major stretch of its journey on Monday. The foot march entered Haryana's Kurukshetra district from Karnal on Sunday. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the yatra, met several farm union leaders, including Rakesh Tikait, at Kurukshetra and listened to their concerns. The march resumed from Khanpur Kolian here in the morning and reached Ambala in the evening where it halted for the night. Thousands of women participated in the yatra. Addressing a corner meeting in Ambala, Gandhi said Monday's march was dedicated to women. The yatra was warmly welcomed by 50 women in Tyoda village in Kurukshetra's Shahabad. Gandhi met some of the family members of the farmers, including women farmers, who died during a year-long protest against three agricultural laws of the Centre, according to a statement issued by the Haryana Congress. The laws have since been repealed. The representatives of variou

Rahul gone, power gone from Rajasthan, quips BJP leader Arun Singh

Singh mocked the Ashok Gehlot government, saying that "Rahul gone, power gone", in Rajasthan on the present power crisis in the state

Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: Maha court adjourns hearing to Feb 4

A court in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi town has adjourned the hearing in a defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to February 4. The matter came up for hearing on Saturday before Judicial Magistrate First Class L C Wadikar. After hearing the counsels of Gandhi and complainant Rajesh Kunte, who is a local activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the magistrate put up the case for hearing on February 4. In 2014, Kunte had filed the case against Gandhi after watching his speech in Thane's Bhiwandi township, where the Congress leader alleged that the RSS was behind the killing of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi's advocate Narayan Iyer told PTI on Monday that the Congress leader's application for exemption from personal appearance on Saturday was allowed by the court. He also said that the matter of permanent exemption from appearance for the hearings sought by Gandhi will be argued on February 4. In 2018, the court framed charges against Gandhi in the case, but he had

Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes today in Haryana's Khanpur Kolian

Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi resumed on Monday morning from Khanpur Kolian in the Kurukshetra district of Haryana

Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra to have all women walk with Rahul Gandhi today

"Rahul Gandhi is very passionate and committed on women empowerment, looking forward!" MP Jothimani tweeted

Ayodhya 'endorsements' of Rahul compel BJP to grab credit for Ram Temple

While Mahant Satyendra Das, the chief priest of the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, wrote to wish RG and BJY success, Das' endorsement of Rahul Gandhi does not amount to a blessing of the Hindutva forces

Farmers being cornered, says Rahul Gandhi as he takes on BJP govt

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed the BJP-led government for "cornering" the farming community with the rising fuel and fertiliser prices, saying that the farmers need to be protected. The backbone of the country, which is feeding people, is being targeted, he was addressing a press conference at Samana, near here. "Farmer is being cornered from every side. He is being directly hit by fuel prices, he is not getting insurance claims for vagaries of weather. He is being directly hit by urea prices," he said. The Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, a foot march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir is currently in the second phase of its Haryana leg. "The three farm laws (now-repealed) were not the farm laws. They were weapons to hit them (farmers), like demonetisation and wrong Goods and Services Tax (GST) were weapons to hit small traders," he said. They need to be protected, Gandhi said. "We know farmers are being attacked. I can guarantee one thing if Congress party comes to power .

Rahul Gandhi should clarify his stand over Art 370, PAGD: BJP leader

With Rahul Gandhi-led 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' scheduled to enter Jammu and Kashmir in a fortnight, a senior BJP leader on Sunday asked the former Congress president to make his stand clear on the repeal of Article 370 and the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) before the march enters the union territory. BJP-led central government revoked special status of J&K under Article 370 of the constitution and bifurcated the state into two union territories in August 2019. The PAGD is an amalgam of five political parties -- National Conference, PDP, CPI(M), CPM and Awami National Conference -- formed to press for the restoration of the special status. BJP leader Devender Singh Rana termed Gandhi's march a "Bharat todo yatra", and said, "Rahul Gandhi should clarify his stand over the repeal of Article 370 before entering into the Union Territory for his yatra." "This is all the more important as the Congress bandwagon is joining the PAGD gang in this sensitive part of the country, .

Ask Khargeji: Rahul Gandhi declines to answer political questions

Though Gandhi said that the organisation is not weak, but all political question be put to Kharge ji who is the party President

Ex-Army chief, retired officers of defence services join Bharat Jodo Yatra

Former Army chief Gen Deepak Kapoor and many retired top officers of the defence services joined the Rahul Gandhi-led 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' on Sunday which is passing through Haryana. Amid severe cold and fog, the march resumed in the morning from Dodwa in Karnal's Nilokheri region and entered the Kurukshetra district later in the day. Scores of people joined the Yatra as it passed through Karnal in the morning, which is also the home constituency of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Senior party leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Kumari Selja are part of the Yatra in its Haryana leg. "Ex-COAS (chief of Army staff) Gen Deepak Kapoor, Lt Gen R K Hooda, Lt Gen VK Narula, AM (air marshal) PS Bhangu, Maj Gen Satbir Singh Chaudhary, Maj Gen Dharmender Singh, Col Jitender Gill, Col Pushpender Singh, Lt Gen DDS Sandhu, Maj Gen Bishamber Dayal, Col Rohit Chaudhry join @RahulGandhi at the Bharat Jodo Yatra," the Congress tweeted. Notably, Gen Deepak Kapoor (retd) had

Rahul Gandhi invokes Gita, says Congress is doing 'tapasya' unlike BJP

He said the Yatra was against the divisive agenda of the BJP and it was not a political Yatra but to connect the people

Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Dodwa-Taraori crossing in Haryana on Day 114

The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saw people gathered in large numbers, walking with enthusiasm as the yatra resumed from the Dodwa-Taraori crossing on Sunday morning

Rahul Gandhi raising issues that need to be researched: CM Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel while interacting with the media suggested research be conducted on 'people staying without clothes' as Rahul Gandhi enters Haryana leading 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'

'Bade log hain': Prashant Kishor on Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' on Saturday won grudging praise, couched in sarcasm, from political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor. The IPAC founder, who is on a padayatra in his home state Bihar, was asked by journalists in Motihari about parallels, if any, he saw between his own effort and the marathon march of Gandhi. "Bade log hain (they are big people). Compared with them, I am a nobody," said Kishor whose 'Jan Suraaj' campaign in Bihar came after a lengthy round of failed negotiations with the top leadership of the Congress, which he had wanted to join and was confident of reviving using his professional skills. "Rahul Gandhi is on a 3,500 km-long march. For me, kilometers do not matter. I have been walking non-stop since October. But I do not want to show it off as evidence of my physical fitness," Kishor remarked, with thinly veiled sarcasm. Dubbed an "opportunist" by the political mainstream in Bihar, the former strategist insisted that he ha

Bharat Jodo Yatra passes through Karnal, Rahul stops to watch Kabaddi match

The Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra passed through Haryana's Karnal district Saturday with scores of people, including Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh and senior party leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Randeep Singh Surjewala, joining the Rahul Gandhi-led march. The Yatra entered the district in the morning from neighbouring Panipat. It halted in Indri here for the night before moving to the Kurukshetra district Sunday morning. The Kanyakumari to Kashmir march covered over 130 km in its first leg in Haryana from December 21 to 23, passing through Nuh, Gurugram and Faridabad districts. It re-entered Haryana on Thursday evening from Uttar Pradesh. In the evening, Gandhi watched a Kabaddi match here with senior leaders including Bhupinder Singh Hooda, K C Venugopal, Kumari Selja, and Deepender Singh Hooda accompanying him. The former Congress president later attended a 'havan' organised by the Ror community here. Earlier in the day, Gandhi also interacted with a group of prominent