Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra to enter Punjab today
New Delhi: The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra will enter Punjab through the Shambhu border on Tuesday (January 10) and proceed to the Fatehgarh Sahib, according to Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring. On Wednesday, January 11, after paying obeisance at the Gurdwara Sahib, the Congress MP will address a public meeting before embarking on the Punjab leg of his foot march.
Gandhi will address a public meeting on January 11 after paying obeisance at the gurdwara there, he said. The yatra, which began from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, will end with Gandhi hoisting the national flag in Srinagar on January 30. It is currently passing through Haryana.
Warring had earlier said the yatra will traverse through Punjab for seven days and a mega-rally will be organized at Pathankot on the concluding day before it leaves for Jammu and Kashmir from Madhopur on its last leg.
Meanwhile, the Punjab Police has constituted a special squad to provide protection for Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. Sukhchain Gill, Inspector General of Police (IGP), has told a news agency that a special squad has been formed with an ADGP rank officer in charge and an AIG rank officer who would be on duty throughout the yatra. Gill said that the state’s police are making special arrangements to ensure the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra passes through the state smoothly in eight days.
