Nava Raipur: The Congress is contemplating a Pasighat-to-Porbandar yatra, celebration normal secretary Jairam Ramesh stated on Sunday (February 26) after Rahul Gandhi referred to as for taking the “tapasya” of the Bharat Jodo Yatra ahead. Ramesh asserted that there was a number of enthusiasm and power amongst celebration staff for an additional yatra after the practically 4,000-km Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir journey that was undertaken by Gandhi and scores of Congress individuals from September final yr to January this yr.
Ramesh advised PTI that an east-to-west yatra, in all probability from Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh to Porbandar in Gujarat, was being thought-about however its format may very well be a bit completely different from the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“There is a lot of enthusiasm and energy. I also think personally it is needed but the format of the east-to-west yatra may turn out to be different from the format of the south-to-north Bharat Jodo Yatra,” Ramesh stated. It could not have such an elaborate infrastructure that was mobilised for the Bharat Jodo Yatra and should have much less yatris, he stated.
He stated it could largely be a padayatra however there are jungles and rivers on this route. “It would be a multi-modal yatra, but mostly it would be a padayatra,” Ramesh stated.
He stated that with elections in Karnataka in April, rains from June and once more state polls in November, the yatra could must be undertaken earlier than June or earlier than November. Ramesh additionally added that the yatra can be of a shorter period than the Bharat Jodo Yatra. He stated all this shall be determined within the subsequent few weeks.
Addressing the Congress plenary session, Gandhi stated the celebration ought to formulate a brand new plan to hold ahead the “tapasya” undertaken by way of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and that he together with all the nation will take part in it, indicating one other such initiative.
