Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 12: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “Bharat Jodo Yatra ” received a grand welcome on its arrival in Kerala border Parasala on Sunday. MP Rahul Gandhi’s “Bharat Jodo Yatra” a foot march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir was welcomed by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and MP K. Sudhakaran Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan AECC General Secretary Tariq Anyar senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala former chief minister Oommen Chandy Dr. Sashi Tharoor MP UDF convener MM Hassan Tatra State coordinator Kodikkunnil Suresh and other senior Congress leaders.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra which began from Kanya kumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 reached Cheruvarakonam near Parasala on Saturday night. The 19-day Yatra from September 11 to 29 in Kerala raising the slogan ‘Mile Kadam Jude Vatan’ (step by step unite India) will cross seven districts and cover 450 km. On his arrival at Neyyattinkara, Rahul Gandhi will visit the Gandhi Museum there after taking a break from the march at Ooroottukala Madhavi Mandiram the house of Dr. C Ramachandran who was a friend of Mahatma Gandhi . Later he will interact with the traditional weavers of Balaramapuram in Neyyattinkara. After that, the Padayatra would resume from Neyyattinkara Moonnukallinmoodu at 4 pm and conclude for the day at Nemom.
On Monday the Padayatra yill resume from Nemom to Kazhakkoottam. On Tuesday it will start from Kazhakkoottam to Kallambalam. The Yatra will enter Kollam on September 14 and reach Alappuzha on September 17. Et yill enter Ernakulam on September 21 and Thrissur on September 25. The Yatra will enter Palakkad on September 26 and Malappuram on September 28. Later the Yatra will enter Karnataka through Cudallur in Tamil Nadu. About 500 Congress activists are accompanying the Padayatra. Meanwhile film-maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has opined that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan should welcome Rahul Gandhi.
