Rahul Gandhi will be seen in new avatar after Bharat Jodo Yatra, says Digvijaya Singh

The yatra will help strengthen the party, he said while noting that the commitment to ideology and leadership is missing in the Congress

Rahul Gandhi has become a symbol of "Bharat jodo" (unite India) and will be seen in a new avatar post the Congress' pan-India march, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh on October 9, 2022 said.

Mr. Singh, who has been a part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra since it started from Kanyakumari, told PTI in a interview that the march has definitely impacted the Congress positively as it is for the first time after many years that the grand old party is being discussed in remote areas, villages and people are very impressed that Rahul Gandhi is walking all the way.

The yatra will help strengthen the party, he said while noting that the commitment to ideology and leadership is missing in the Congress at present.

Mr. Rahul Gandhi is spearheading the yatra that began from Kanyakumari and will end in Jammu and Kashmir. A host of Congress leaders will walk 3,500 km during the march.

"In this country, if anyone does 'tyag' (sacrifice), he is always revered. Sonia Gandhi did 'tyag' of the prime minister's post. And here, Rahul Gandhi is walking, sweating in the heat, standing in the rain, fighting all kinds of fake news and defamation. He has become a symbol of Bharat jodo," the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said.

Asked which way has the Yatra helped Mr. Gandhi, Mr. Singh said, "Well, you shall see him now in his new avatar." He said he has known Mr. Gandhi for a long time and once he decides to do something, nothing can stop him from achieving that.

"The day he decides, no one will be able to stop him," he said on Mr. Gandhi's political journey forward.