Amid Congress-TRS blame game, Rahul Gandhi resumes 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Telangana

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi resumed his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra from Rudraram. He was accompanied by several Telangana Congress leaders as the march moved forward in the city.

NEW DELHI: A day after he attacked Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao over his political drama just before polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi resumed his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra from Rudraram. Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by several Telangana Congress leaders as the march moved forward.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi along with party leaders & workers resumes 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Rudraram, Telangana.

(Source: AICC) pic.twitter.com/rCWntwnEEL — ANI (@ANI) November 3, 2022

Rahul had attacked the TRS government in Telangana saying that it supports the BJP on legislations in Parliament and that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao "does drama" before the polls but is "in a direct line" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Addressing a rally during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi said that "BJP and TRS work together" and the Prime Minister "gives orders to your CM on phone". "Whenever there`s any bill in Parliament, TRS supports BJP and diverts attention from Opposition issues. BJP and TRS work together. Your CM (KCR) does drama before polls but he`s in direct line with PM Modi. PM Modi gives orders to your CM on phone," Rahul Gandhi said.

On Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi was joined by noted Bollywood actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt who extended support to the Congress party’s ongoing “Bharat Jodo Yatra”. Bhatt briefly joined Rahul Gandhi as the Yatra resumed from Hyderabad city in Telangana Wednesday morning. The actress walked along with Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders for some distances as the march proceeded in the city and then left.

Rahul Gandhi`s Bharat Jodo Yatra had entered Hyderabad on Tuesday to a huge response from the party cadres and supporters. After covering Narayanpet, Mahabubnagar and Rangareddy districts, the yatra entered Hyderabad on the seventh day of its journey in Telangana. Rahul along with other party leaders and workers resumed the walkathon from Matha temple at Shamshabad on the city outskirts and entered the city through the Bangalore-Hyderabad highway.

Congress MP and yatra coordinator for Telugu states Uttam Kumar Reddy, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, former MP Madhu Yaskhi Goud and other leaders along with hundreds of party workers participated in the yatra. The yatra halted at Bahadurpura, where Rahul Gandhi met various groups and had lunch, and took a rest.

The foot march resumed in the evening and reached the historic Charminar after passing through Puranapul, Hussaini Alam and Khilwat. At the historic monument, Rahul Gandhi hoisted the national flag at Charminar, the monument which symbolises Hyderabad. Accompanied by party leaders and hundreds of party workers and supporters, he paid tributes to his late father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and unfurled the national flag.

The event was organised in commemoration of Rajiv Gandhi`s visit to Charminar on October 19, 1990, to launch the Sadbhavana Yatra for communal peace and harmony in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Every year, the Congress organises the Sadbhavana Yatra commemoration day at Charminar and presents awards to personalities working for peace and communal harmony.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra will continue in Telangana till November 7 with a one-day break on Friday. It will cover a total distance of 375 km in 19 Assembly and seven Parliamentary constituencies in the state. Telangana will face assembly polls next year. A bypoll to the Munugode assembly seat is being held today. TRS has been renamed as Bharat Rashtra Samithi reflecting the party`s desire to have a national footprint.