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Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. (File photograph: PTI)
Addressing a press convention in Jammu, the Congress MP stated, “We began this Yatra from Kanyakumari and now we have now reached Jammu and Kashmir. We would like statehood to be restored and meeting elections held in J&Okay”
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday stated that because the Bharat Jodo Yatra reached Jammu and Kashmir, the occasion desires the statehood of J&Okay to be restored.
Addressing a press convention in Jammu, the Congress MP stated, “We began this Yatra from Kanyakumari and now we have now reached Jammu and Kashmir. We would like statehood to be restored and meeting elections held in J&Okay.”
“Kashmiri pandits have raised their points with me and I’ve assured them that we’ll increase their problem within the parliament,” he additional stated.
“Our focus is on the Yatra and the problems raised throughout this Yatra. The following plan of action might be determined later,” he stated, including that the purpose of the foot march has been to amplify the problems raised by frequent individuals.
Addressing Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s assertion on Sunday accusing Gandhi of spreading hate, he stated, “I don’t know the way this Yatra is harming the pursuits of India and defaming India overseas. The defamation is being achieved by BJP and RSS.”
“I don’t have hatred for anybody. This Yatra has been affectionate to everybody,” he stated.
Distancing himself and the occasion from Congress chief Digvijaya Singh’s remarks questioning the 2019 surgical strikes, he stated, “I don’t agree together with his assertion, not does the Congress occasion. If the military does one thing, there is no such thing as a want for proof.”
“He stated a ridiculous factor. I’m sorry to say this a few senior chief,” he stated.
Requested concerning the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Modi, Gandhi stated that the reality all the time comes out. “For those who learn our scriptures, for those who learn the Gita or Upanishads, it says that reality all the time comes out,” he stated. “You need to use CBI, ED, ban, however the reality is reality and has a nasty behavior of popping out.”
The Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from the garrison city of Nagrota in Jammu on Tuesday. Gandhi was joined by actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar, famous creator Perumal Murugan, J&Okay Pradesh Congress committee president Vikar Rasool Wani, his predecessor G A Mir and former minister Tariq Hamid Karra together with tons of of different carrying the tricolor.
The yatra, which began from Kanyakumari on September 7, entered Jammu and Kashmir from Punjab on Thursday and reached Jammu metropolis on Monday.
The march is scheduled to make two night time halts at Ramban and Banihal alongside the Jammu-Srinagar Nationwide Freeway earlier than its end result in Srinagar with a grand rally on the Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium on January 30.
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