Bharat Jodo Yatra

You can now drive from India’s border with China in the Northeast to the border with Pakistan in the west without leaving BJP-NDA territory.

The BJP has significantly expanded its political footprint across India, achieving its first chief minister in nine states since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014. This expansion, marked by recent victories in West Bengal and Odisha, transforms the party from a Hindi-heartland force into a dominant pan-India political machine, reflecting its governance model and increasing public acceptance.

Congress secured a crucial win in Kerala, offering a much-needed morale boost after recent electoral setbacks. Despite this solitary victory, the party faces significant challenges, including a decline in its traditional strongholds and an inability to counter BJP's religious polarization. The path to regaining national relevance hinges on confronting BJP in its core territories.

The Congress has reiterated that the results of the forthcoming assembly elections in the three north-eastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland have no relation to the party’s recently-concluded bharat jodo yatra (BJY).

Politician Rahul Gandhi’s pic holding TV celebs Rashami Desai and Akanksha Puri’s hand while walking together at the bharat jodo yatra have gone viral. The walk took place on November 19, Saturday in Buldhana district, Maharashtra.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot praised Rahul Gandhi's bharat jodo yatra, saying it brought hope for a peaceful future and promoted love and unity. He stated that the yatra had positive outcomes, with discussions on inflation, gig workers, and social security resulting in progress. The yatra began on September 7 and concluded on January 30, with Rahul Gandhi covering more than 4,000 kilometers during the 145-day journey.

Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likley to attend and address a rally on the last day of the party's Bihar version of 'bharat jodo yatra' in Gaya.

In a big relief Indian National Congress( INC) party, the Karnataka high court on Tuesday set aside the interim order passed by a City Civil Court in Bengaluru directing for blocking the Twitter handles of the Indian National Congress( INC) as well as the party’s bharat jodo yatra over alleged unauthorised use of music of KGF- chapter 2.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has called the "bharat jodo yatra" of Congress launched by Rahul Gandhi from Kanyakumari today the "comedy of the century".

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi-led bharat jodo yatra, the party's mass contact campaign, resumed from Rajasthan's Dausa on Friday. The foot march, which began from Kanyakumari on September 7, marked its 100 days on Friday, during the 12th day of its Rajasthan leg. Waynad MP Rahul Gandhi along with party leaders and workers resumed the padayatra from Meena High Court, Dausa, around 6am and is scheduled to take a break at Giriraj Dharan temple at around 11am.

Several RLD workers welcomed Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi's bharat jodo yatra as it resumed from Mavi Kala village in Baghpat on Wednesday.

The Haryana leg of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s bharat jodo yatra concluded in Ambala on Tuesday morning.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar will not join the Congress's bharat jodo yatra due to health issues, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday. Addressing media persons in Nanded, Ramesh said Pawar (81) had earlier agreed to participate in the foot march.

AICC general secretary KC Venugopal on Sunday said Rahul Gandhi's bharat jodo yatra will create history in Maharashtra. Response to bharat jodo yatra is unprecedented, Congress is sure that it will create history,'' he said.

Expressing concern over "unfortunate security lapse" during 'bharat jodo yatra' in Kashmir, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to home minister Amit Shah urging his personal intervention to ensure proper arrangements for Rahul Gandhi's security. He told Shah that people in large numbers have been joining the yatra and it was difficult for the organisers to specify how many people would turn up.

The Congress is preparing for the Rahul Gandhi's second "bharat jodo yatra," and a committee has been formed to finalise the details, although no official statement has been released by the party yet. The Maharashtra Congress has announced that Rahul Gandhi will walk from Gujarat to Meghalaya, and the schedule for the march will be released later. Rahul Gandhi completed his first "bharat jodo yatra" in January, covering 4,000 km from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.

Karnataka leader of the opposition and former chief minister Siddaramaiah tweeted about the bharat jodo yatra and police visit to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's residence, on Monday. bharat jodo yatra was a symbol of India's unity and a common expression to highlight the current issues faced by our countrymen, Siddaramaiah tweeted.

Just as the bharat jodo yatra was pulling into Indore last month, Kranti Banjare, one of its over 125 yatris, collapsed due to severe pain in her abdomen.

After Rahul Gandhi's nearly 4,000-km Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir bharat jodo yatra, the Congress is now considering a Pasighat-to-Porbandar yatra in a bid to keep the campaign's momentum going till the national election next year.

A day after the chief priest of Ram Janmabhoomi temple, Acharya Satyendra Das, blessed Rahul Gandhi for his bharat jodo yatra that entered Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, the secretary of Ram Mandir Trust, Champat Rai, on Tuesday also appreciated the yatra.

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday asked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot to strictly follow the Covid guidelines during bharat jodo yatra or postpone it. In a letter addressed to the Congress leaders, the health minister said that the use of masks and sanitiser should be implemented and mentioned that only vaccinated people should participate in the yatra.

bharat jodo yatra led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is obstructing the movement of vehicles on public roads, a petition filed before the Kerala high court on Tuesday alleged. The march is entering Kochi on Wednesday.

Union Broadcast Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his bharat jodo yatra saying those who always worked to divide India are traveling to unite India.

The Congress had last week announced that on September 7, it will launch the "bharat jodo yatra", in which party workers and leaders, including Gandhi, will participate. Several prominent civil society members and political leaders, including Yogendra Yadav, Jairam Ramesh and Digvijaya Singh, were present during the meeting held at the Constitution Club here.