Bharat Jodo Yatra against fear, hatred being spread: Rahul Gandhi

There is other purpose of this yatra that we are seeing is that this yatra is like a "tapasya", Rahul Gandhi added

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on January 8 said the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by him has received an overwhelming response everywhere in the country, asserting that the foot march is against hatred and fear being spread in society as well as against unemployment and inflation.

He said the yatra's purpose is also to let people hear the true voice of the country.

"Bharat Jodo Yatra has received overwhelming response everywhere," Mr. Gandhi says addressing media in Samana near Kurukshetra.

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Talking about the Kanyakumari to Kashmir foot march, which is currently passing through Haryana, Mr. Gandhi said he got to to learn many things during the course of the journey so far.

"What is in the country's heart got to hear that directly [interacting with people]. The yatra has received good response in Haryana — it is energetic, enthusiastic response," he said.

In an attack on the critics of the yatra, Mr. Gandhi said when it was started, “people said the response which we got in Kerala, we won’t get that in Karnataka, which is a BJP-ruled State. But we got an even better response there. Then they said the yatra got a response in south India, but when it reaches Maharashtra, it won’t get that response. When we reached Maharashtra, we got even better response than the south”.