Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi will Enter Madhya Pradesh

Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra will enter its first Hindi heartland state of Madhya Pradesh on the morning of November 23 after finishing its Maharashtra leg.

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The Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra led by party leader Rahul Gandhi will enter Madhya Pradesh in the morning on November 23 according to a state party functionary on Sunday.

Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra will enter its first Hindi heartland state of Madhya Pradesh on the morning of November 23 after finishing its Maharashtra leg.

During the yatra, Gandhi will visit Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar Temple offer puja to the holy Narmada river. Then go to the birthplace of tribal leader Tantya Bhil in Khandwa and B R Ambedkar in Indore’s Mhow.

After entering from the Burhanpur district, where Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi will join Rahul Gandhi’s yatra. The yatra will cover Burhanpur, Khargone, Khandwa, Indore and Ujjain.

Later, he would go to Rajasthan from the Agar Malwa district covering a distance of 382km in over 13 days. However,  the main Bharat Jodo Yatra will only be touching six districts. It will be joined by 15 sub-yatras, with each of them covering close to 300 Km and 52 districts to join the Rahul Gandhi-led main yatra at various points.

Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath will also stay with Rahul Gandhi throughout the yatra. Kamal Nath said, “we have received over 1500 applications from people who want to meet Rahul Gandhi. But depending on the time constraints, we are working out who can walk along, who will have meetings”.

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Maharashtra with its rich culture friendly populace has won all our hearts.

Now we enter the heart of India, Madhya Pradesh.

Senior Congress leader Sobha Oza said, “The Yatra has a festive mood. Everyone wants to meet Rahul Gandhi and express their concerns. We’ll allow all such people time to walk with Rahul Gandhi and interact with him during various nukkad sabhas”.

The yatra, which had first planned to enter Burhanpur on November 20, was rescheduled with Rahul Gandhi all set to campaign for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections.

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