Global InformationTimeline of Bharat Jodo Yatra information
Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra started from Kanyakumari and ended in Srinagar in January 2023.[1] Bharat Jodo Yatra covered 4,080 kilometres (2,540 miles) .[2] There are several parallels between the Congress's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and ex-prime minister of India Chandra Shekhar's nearly 4,260 kilometres-long Bharat Yatra in 1983.[3][4][5]
Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Kerala on September 10 evening, witnessing a huge turnout in the state, especially in Thiruvananthapuram, where a huge number of citizens participated in the yatra.[6][7][8] On 28 September, the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Wayanad in Kerala, Rahul Gandhi's constituency. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that a "new, young, and aggressive Congress" will emerge at the end of the yatra. He also added that the yatra will act like a booster dose for the party. "This is a part of the revival plan for Congress".[9]
The Bharat Jodo Yatra for early-September 2022 was the jobs crisis[10] in India, with Rahul Gandhi questioning why 42% of Indian youth are unemployed.[11]
The march protested[12] the unprecedented costs of fuel[13] and cooking gas[14] in India during September 2022.
Starting from late-September 2022, the Yatra focused on women's safety,[15] a theme that the women and youth wings of the Congress sought to highlight after the murder of Ankita Bhandari, a 19 year old receptionist at a Uttarakhand resort owned by Pulkit Arya, son of a local BJP leader, who reportedly resisted demands by Arya that she "offer special services" to certain guests.[16]
Rahul Gandhi and the march celebrated the 153rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at Badanavalu, a village the latter had visited in 1927.[17] Rahul Gandhi interacted with the women weavers at the Khadi manufacturing centre there and also laid the last stretch of a 180 metre long road that finally connected two communities who had been at loggerheads with each other in the village since 1993. On 3 October 2022, Congress Party launched its Bharat Jodo App to provide all the information about the Bharat Jodo Yatra.[18][19]
Sonia Gandhi, interim president of the Congress party, joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka on 6 October 2022. Despite ill-health that prevented her from appearing in public in 2022, she undertook a symbolic march along with Yatra participants for a while, her first public roadshow since one in 2016 in Varanasi.[20]
The yatra highlighted the importance of organ donation on 12 October 2022. Rahul Gandhi walked with the families of several donors, including Sanchari Vijay, who had passed away but whose organs saved other lives. Gandhi also noted the generosity of Dr. Rajkumar and his son, Puneeth Rajkumar, both of whom had donated their eyes. 33 participants in the yatra took the pledge to donate their eyes.[21] The rate of organ donation in India, at approximately 0.08 per million population, is relatively low.[22]
- ^ "Rahul launches yatra: Tricolour under attack, BJP wants to divide country on religious lines".
- ^ "Rahul Gandhi skirts restoration of Article 370 as Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra ends in Jammu and Kashmir".
- ^ "The Parallels Between Congress's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and Ex-PM Chandra Shekhar's 'Padayatra'". The Wire. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Rewind & Replay | That other 'Bharat Yatri': The long march, but short run, of Chandra Shekhar". The Indian Express. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ Nair, Sobhana K.; Phukan, Sandeep (2022-09-05). "Bharat Jodo Yatris to sleep, eat on the road for 5 months". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "Second day of Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kerala attracts huge turnout". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Second day of 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' sees huge turnout in Kerala". Matrubhumi English. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Kerala: Bharat Jodo Yatra gets a boost on third day amidst huge turnout". The Siasat Daily. Press Trust of India. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Bharat Jodo Yatra reaches Rahul Gandhi's constituency as Jairam Ramesh promises young and aggressive Congress". India Today. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ Ritwik Mukherjee (2022-08-25). "Unemployment crisis in India is an invisible epidemic". Frontline. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ Swati Bhasin (2022-09-10). "Rahul Gandhi's '42% of youth unemployed' jibe at Centre to back foot march". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "Congress protests with cutouts of gas cylinders in Kerala". Business Standard. 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "Oil prices at 7-month low, but no change in petrol, diesel prices in India". Business Standard. 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "Domestic LPG cylinder price hiked by Rs 50". The Economic Times. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ Sanjay K Jha (2022-09-29). "Bharat Jodo Yatra echoes outrage: 'BJP se Beti Bachao'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Ankita Bhandari had cried 'help me, help me'". The Tribune. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ Jha, Sanjay K (2022-10-03). "Bharat Yatra Jodo on path of ahimsa, says Rahul Gandhi". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ^ Desk, India TV News (4 October 2022). "Congress party launches the Bharat Jodo App for its Nationwide Yatra". www.indiatvnews.com.
- ^ "Sonia Gandhi in Karnataka for Bharat Jodo Yatra, to join it on October 6".
- ^ "Sonia Gandhi Joins Rahul Gandhi-Led Congress March In BJP-Ruled Karnataka". NDTV. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ^ "Rahul Gandhi walks with kin of organ donors". The Telegraph. 2022-10-12. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ Fathima, Iffath (2022-08-17). "Donations that save a life". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 2022-10-14.