Rahul Gandhi was received by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Rajya Sabha MP K C Venugopal as he arrived in Kanyakumari from where he will be kicking off the Bharat Jodo Yatra this evening. Earlier in the day, Rahul attended a prayer gathering at the memorial of his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. He posted on Twitter, “I lost my father to the politics of hate and division. I will not lose my beloved country to it too.”

Meanwhile, hitting out at the Congress, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Congress should work towards an “Akhand Bharat”. “In 1947, Congress had divided India into Pakistan and then later, Bangladesh. If Rahul Gandhi has regret over Partition, then there’s no use of Bharat Jodo. Try to integrate Pakistan and Bangladesh. India is already intact. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, from Silchar to Saurashtra, India is integrated.”

Rahul along with 100-odd yatris plan to finish their ambitious 3,570 km padyatra in Srinagar by the beginning of February next year. The Bharat Jodo Yatra will pass through 12 states and two Union Territories over the next 150 days.

Rahul Gandhi was received by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Rajya Sabha MP K C Venugopal as he arrived in Kanyakumari from where he will be kicking off the Bharat Jodo Yatra this evening. Earlier in the day, Rahul attended a prayer gathering at the memorial of his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. He posted on Twitter, “I lost my father to the politics of hate and division. I will not lose my beloved country to it too.”

Meanwhile, hitting out at the Congress, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Congress should work towards an “Akhand Bharat”. “In 1947, Congress had divided India into Pakistan and then later, Bangladesh. If Rahul Gandhi has regret over Partition, then there’s no use of Bharat Jodo. Try to integrate Pakistan and Bangladesh. India is already intact. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, from Silchar to Saurashtra, India is integrated.”

Rahul along with 100-odd yatris plan to finish their ambitious 3,570 km padyatra in Srinagar by the beginning of February next year. The Bharat Jodo Yatra will pass through 12 states and two Union Territories over the next 150 days.