Pawar, Thackeray to join Rahul`s Bharat Jodo yatra |
Maharashtra Congress leader Ashok Chavan has affirmed that Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray will join the Congress`s Bharat Jodo Yatra on November 11. He further said that NCPs Jayant Patil, Supriya Sule, and Jitendra Awhad will also join the yatra. The Bharat Jodo Yatra entered its Maharashtra leg on November 7. Rahul Gandhi will travel through 15 Assembly and 6 parliamentary constituencies in five districts of Maharashtra in 15 days and cover a distance of 382 km. The yatra has already covered parts of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana states. Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began on September 7 from Kanyakumari, will cover a further distance of 2,355 km in its 3,570-km march. It will end in Kashmir next year. It is the longest march on foot by any Indian politician in the history of India. Bharat Jodo Yatra is getting support from various political parties and social organizations across the country and the response is increasing day by day. In Maharashtra too, the NCP and Shiv Sena (Thackeray faction) have agreed to participate in the yatra, adding to its importance.
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