Rahul gandhi jodo yatra

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with his sister and party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Srinagar on January 29, 2023. Party leaders KC Venugopal and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury are also seen. “The Yatra has helped the Congress party consolidate its core voters, which is important because the party risked losing even its base.” Image Credit: ANI It’s a question not very difficult to answer by now: the Yatra has helped the Congress party consolidate its core voters, which is important because the party risked losing even its base. At the same time, the Yatra has failed to convert any swing voters from BJP to Congress. Even the Congress party’s supporters who appreciate the Yatra admit it’s not enough for the party to overturn its electoral decline. Before the 2019 general elections, Rahul Gandhi said in an interview that he had attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strongest asset, his image, with an anti-corruption ‘Rafale’ campaign. That bombed at the hustings. After losing the election badly, Rahul Gandhi resigned as party president and went into a prolonged sulk, disappearing from the public eye for long periods. Until now, it was often difficult to understand what Rahul Gandhi was up to. He would disappear into Europe for a vacation on the eve of important state elections, only to return a few days before polling to wave in rallies. Voters like to see politicians work hard. The only way to shed the ‘entitled dynast’ tag is to work ...

That is where the Congress is still weak. In the midst of the yatra, the party gave up on the Gujarat campaign with Rahul Gandhi only going there for one day. The result was the party’s worst ever performance in the state. The silver lining for the Congress was the win in Himachal. But the party needs to do well electorally in order to implement any of the changes it seeks. This could cost them the state. Karnataka has elections coming up in May where again the party is facing internal rumblings between the opposing camps of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar. In Kerala, Shashi Tharoor has been locked in a battle with local leaders for months now; while several other senior leaders remain disgruntled.

Srinagar: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who is leading a pan-India foot march 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', on Thursday entered Jammu from Punjab for the last leg of his yatra. Mr Gandhi, who marched through north India in peak winter wearing just a t-shirt, was today for the first time seen in a jacket. Drizzling in several parts ofJammu since morning is said to be the reason Mr Gandhi finally wore protective clothing. He was later seen removing the jacket, and walking in his signature white t-shirt. Many online were quick to point out that the jacket Mr Gandhi wore was a rain jacket and not a winter jacket. It's a Raincoat not a Jacket. After the slight drizzle stopped For 3,400 km during the 125 days journey so far, Rahul Gandhi's minimal clothing has drawn curiosity, even admiration, from many, and snark from opposition parties. He said he would wear more clothes if he feels cold, which hasn't been the case so far. The 52-year-old Congress leader is set to hoist the national flag in Banihal in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on January 25, and is scheduled to enter Srinagar via Anantnag two days later - on January 27. The yatra, which resumed from Kathua's Hatli Morh this morning, has been given a massive security cover, with both police and paramilitary ring-fencing the Gandhi scion and his co-travellers. Jammers have also been put in place. Mr Gandhi was earlier advised by security agencies to not walk certain stretches during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir, NDTV has l...

First, the success. The yatra has, as many pointed out, restyled Mr. Gandhi and restored him to the front and centre of Opposition politics. He announced the yatra at a time when everyone was confused about his plans after he decided not to return as president of the Congress party. A group within the party had raised questions about the drift in the party’s leadership. Other Opposition leaders were trying to spread their wings — Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Telangana counterpart and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader, K. Chandrashekar Rao, made their national ambitions clear, sensing an opportunity to displace the Congress as the axis of non-BJP politics. Also read: Mr. Gandhi’s yatra put a lid on it. It is now difficult, if not impossible, to envisage a viable Opposition to the BJP without the Congress, or Mr. Gandhi, after the yatra. The yatra refurbished his image, and he is now increasingly seen as someone capable of listening and leading. Alongside the yatra, he also snuffed out the putative rebellion in the party. Faced with the prospects of choosing one among themselves as the Congress chief, the self-styled reformists in the party fell in line with Mr. Gandhi and rallied behind Mallikarjun Kharge, the chosen one of the first family, who was elected president. Civil society organisations Mr. Gandhi’s yatra galvanised India’s civil society organisations. Civil society organisations have had a strange relationship with t...

Walking has become the biggest obsession and metaphor of our times as speed acquires a new connotation each hour and every day. There are wearables that measure each step from waking till sleeping and keep reassuring us of our well-being and reduce the guilt of modern living. People walk to recover their health, pilgrims walk to recover their faith and in history, armies marched to recover lost ground or gain new territory. What is Rahul Gandhi walking for? What is he trying to recover?

Movement/rally by Indian political party, Indian National Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra Date September7,2022 ( 2022-09-07) – January 30, 2023 Duration 146 days Location Type Theme Cause Economic problems and social disharmony Motive To fight against communalism, unemployment, hatred, inflation, and political centralisation Organized by Participants Politicians, citizens, civil society organisations, political activists Website .bharatjodoyatra .in Bharat Jodo Yatra (lit: Unite India March) was a mass movement According to INC, the movement was intended to unite the country against the "divisive politics" Bharat Jodo Yatra movement was launched by The By December 2022 Schedule [ ] All India - Tentative Yatra Schedule State / UT Entry Date No. of days Key places 7 & 29 September 4 Kanyakumari 10 September 18 Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Nilambur 30 September 21 Mysore, Bellary, Raichur 18 October 4 D. Hirehal, Alur 23 October 12 Vikarabad, Hyderabad 7 November 14 Nanded, Jalgaon Jamod 23 November 16 Mhow, Indore, Ujjain 4 December 18 Jhalawar, Alwar, Kota, Dausa 21 December & 6 January 12 Ambala, Faridabad 24 December 2 Badarpur, Rajghat 3 January 5 Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr 10 January 11 Pathankot 18 January 1 Kangra district 19 January 11 Lakhanpur, Jammu, Srinagar Methods [ ] The Bharat Jodo Yatra used a variety of slogans, poetry, and songs, such as Mile Kadam, Jude Vatan (walk together, unite the country), Mehengai Se Nata Todo, Mil Kar Bharat Jodo (break ties with inflation, u...

Clockwise from top left: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacts with the young supporters while leading the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Alwar, Rahul Gandhi along with his sister and party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her daughter Miraya Vadra during the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Bundi, Rahul Gandhi interacts with the Kerala Kasavu Silk weavers during the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Balaramapuram, in Thiruvananthapuram and Rahul Gandhi embraces a supporter during party's Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Choutkul, in Sangareddy. Image Credit: ANI This when not even a single step had been walked. Then they said it would only work in South India where Gandhi is an MP from Wayanad, Kerala. Grudgingly success and crowds in Tamil Nadu were ascribed to the ruling DMK, a Congress ally. As crowds swelled, the Yatra continued to be ignored by the mainstream media. When Raghuram Rajan, one of the most cerebral economists in the world, who had foreseen the collapse of the global economy in 2008 and who is a former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) walked with Gandhi, the media (that had been ignoring Rahul) started attacking Rajan for joining the Yatra. Gandhi also cheerfully addresses pressers on the Yatra where he smiles and points out to the journalists asking questions that his answers won’t appear in the mainstream media because of the blackout imposed on the Yatra. Gandhi is absolutely right. Thus far the Yatra has found traction on social media but not mu...

Movement/rally by Indian political party, Indian National Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra Date September7,2022 ( 2022-09-07) – January 30, 2023 Duration 146 days Location Type Theme Cause Economic problems and social disharmony Motive To fight against communalism, unemployment, hatred, inflation, and political centralisation Organized by Participants Politicians, citizens, civil society organisations, political activists Website .bharatjodoyatra .in Bharat Jodo Yatra (lit: Unite India March) was a mass movement According to INC, the movement was intended to unite the country against the "divisive politics" Bharat Jodo Yatra movement was launched by The By December 2022 Schedule [ ] All India - Tentative Yatra Schedule State / UT Entry Date No. of days Key places 7 & 29 September 4 Kanyakumari 10 September 18 Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Nilambur 30 September 21 Mysore, Bellary, Raichur 18 October 4 D. Hirehal, Alur 23 October 12 Vikarabad, Hyderabad 7 November 14 Nanded, Jalgaon Jamod 23 November 16 Mhow, Indore, Ujjain 4 December 18 Jhalawar, Alwar, Kota, Dausa 21 December & 6 January 12 Ambala, Faridabad 24 December 2 Badarpur, Rajghat 3 January 5 Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr 10 January 11 Pathankot 18 January 1 Kangra district 19 January 11 Lakhanpur, Jammu, Srinagar Methods [ ] The Bharat Jodo Yatra used a variety of slogans, poetry, and songs, such as Mile Kadam, Jude Vatan (walk together, unite the country), Mehengai Se Nata Todo, Mil Kar Bharat Jodo (break ties with inflation, u...

Srinagar: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who is leading a pan-India foot march 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', on Thursday entered Jammu from Punjab for the last leg of his yatra. Mr Gandhi, who marched through north India in peak winter wearing just a t-shirt, was today for the first time seen in a jacket. Drizzling in several parts ofJammu since morning is said to be the reason Mr Gandhi finally wore protective clothing. He was later seen removing the jacket, and walking in his signature white t-shirt. Many online were quick to point out that the jacket Mr Gandhi wore was a rain jacket and not a winter jacket. It's a Raincoat not a Jacket. After the slight drizzle stopped For 3,400 km during the 125 days journey so far, Rahul Gandhi's minimal clothing has drawn curiosity, even admiration, from many, and snark from opposition parties. He said he would wear more clothes if he feels cold, which hasn't been the case so far. The 52-year-old Congress leader is set to hoist the national flag in Banihal in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on January 25, and is scheduled to enter Srinagar via Anantnag two days later - on January 27. The yatra, which resumed from Kathua's Hatli Morh this morning, has been given a massive security cover, with both police and paramilitary ring-fencing the Gandhi scion and his co-travellers. Jammers have also been put in place. Mr Gandhi was earlier advised by security agencies to not walk certain stretches during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir, NDTV has l...

First, the success. The yatra has, as many pointed out, restyled Mr. Gandhi and restored him to the front and centre of Opposition politics. He announced the yatra at a time when everyone was confused about his plans after he decided not to return as president of the Congress party. A group within the party had raised questions about the drift in the party’s leadership. Other Opposition leaders were trying to spread their wings — Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Telangana counterpart and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader, K. Chandrashekar Rao, made their national ambitions clear, sensing an opportunity to displace the Congress as the axis of non-BJP politics. Also read: Mr. Gandhi’s yatra put a lid on it. It is now difficult, if not impossible, to envisage a viable Opposition to the BJP without the Congress, or Mr. Gandhi, after the yatra. The yatra refurbished his image, and he is now increasingly seen as someone capable of listening and leading. Alongside the yatra, he also snuffed out the putative rebellion in the party. Faced with the prospects of choosing one among themselves as the Congress chief, the self-styled reformists in the party fell in line with Mr. Gandhi and rallied behind Mallikarjun Kharge, the chosen one of the first family, who was elected president. Civil society organisations Mr. Gandhi’s yatra galvanised India’s civil society organisations. Civil society organisations have had a strange relationship with t...