Rahul Gandhi To Launch Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra In Kanyakumari Today; Visits Father’s Memorial

Chennai: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who is set to launch the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari today, visited his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s memorial in Tamil Nadu’s Sriperumbudur.

Rahul Gandhi will also attend an event at the Mahatma Gandhi Mandapam in Kanyakumari where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will hand over a Khadi national flag to him for the launch of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra, party sources said.

The 3,500 kilometer-long yatra, dubbed by the Congress as the longest march in the country over the last century, will be launched at around 5 pm with a rally, and the ‘padyatra’ or march will begin on Thursday morning.