Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday said that foolproof security arrangements have been made in the state for “Bharat Jodo Yatra”, led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, which is set to enter the state in its second phase on January 5.
“We are making complete security arrangements for him (Gandhi) in Haryana. We have sought route and stoppage information from them (Congress) and asked the authorities to provide full security,” said Vij.
The foot march, organized by the Congress, is slated to enter Sanauli Khurd village in Panipat on the evening of January 5. It will cross into Haryana from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. The Bharat Jodo Yatra will resume from Delhi’s Kashmere Gate on Tuesday (January 3), and enter Loni in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh the same afternoon. The yatra, which is currently on a winter break, will resume from the Hanuman Mandir at Kashmere Gate at 10 am on Tuesday.
The foot march covered more than 130 kilometres in its first phase in Haryana between December 21 and December 23 when it passed through Nuh, Gurugram, and Faridabad districts.
A mass contact initiative of the Congress, the yatra started from Kanyakumari on September 7 and covered Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi in the first phase.