“I am opening a shop of love in the market of hate through the Bharat Jodo Yatra. When these people go out to spread hatred in this country, people of our ideology go out to spread love and affection,” Rahul Gandhi said.
As the Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra‘ entered Haryana, on Wednesday, December 21, party leader Rahul Gandhi targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that the fight today is between two ideologies – one which benefits a select few, while the ‘other is the voice of the people, farmers and labourers’. The Yatra crossed over to Haryana from Rajasthan.
Addressing a gathering in Nuh district of Haryana, Rahul Gandhi said that the fight between the two ideologies in the country was not a new one and has been going on for thousands of years. On the BJP leaders questioning his cross-country foot march, Gandhi said they ask what is the need to walk from Kanyakumari.
“I am opening a shop of love in the market of hate through the Bharat Jodo Yatra. When these people go out to spread hatred in this country, people of our ideology go out to spread love and affection,” Rahul Gandhi said.
He also said, “This is not a new fight, do not think that this fight is of today or of the 21st century, this fight is thousands of years-old. One ideology which gives benefits to select few and the other raises people’s, farmers, poor and the voice of labourers.”
“This fight will go on, but in this fight, the Congress party has a role and we all have a role. This is why we started this Yatra,” he added.
The first phase of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Haryana will conclude on December 23.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ entered Haryana on December 21, Wednesday morning in the presence of senior party leaders from the state. The Yatra entered Haryana from Mundaka border in Nuh. It had crossed over from Rajasthan into Haryana.
While Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot accompanied it from his state, it was welcomed in Haryana by senior leaders, including former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, senior leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, Deepender Singh Hooda, state party chief Udai Bhan, among others.
The first phase of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Haryana will conclude on December 23. In the second phase, the yatra will re-enter Haryana from Uttar Pradesh at Sanoli Khurd in Panipat district on January 6.
The Yatra concluded its Rajasthan leg Tuesday evening after covering a distance of nearly 485 km in 15 days in the party-ruled state.
The Yatra, a mass contact initiative of the Congress, started from Kanyakumari on September 7 and covered Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh before entering Rajasthan on December 4 evening.
