The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Yeligandla in Narayanpet district of Telangana on Friday and is expected to cover a distance of 23.3 km. Congress leaders from various States on Friday joined Rahul Gandhi in Telangana. Former Union Minister Bhakta Charan Das from Odisha and Jitu Patwari from Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, AICC leader KC Venugopal and Telangana Congress president A. Revanth Reddy were among the leaders who joined yatra.
It was a 'mini Bharat Jodo' yatra with leaders from different States coming to walk with Gandhi, said Jairam Ramesh, AICC General Secretary, in charge of communications.
"During the morning session today in the #BharatJodoYatra in Telangana, we witnessed a mini @bharatjodo with leaders coming from Tripura, Rajasthan, Punjab, Odisha, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Madhya Pradesh to walk with @RahulGandhi today," Ramesh tweeted. The yatra will halt at Mahabubnagar late at night.
This is the third day of the yatra in the State.
Gandhi called two school girl students who were waiting for him on the roadside during the yatra and walked with them for some distance.
The yatra will cover 19 Assembly and 7 Parliamentary constituencies spanning a total distance of 375 km, before entering Maharashtra on November 7. The yatra will take a one-day break on November 4. Rahul will meet intellectuals, leaders of various communities, including personalities from the sporting, business and entertainment sectors.