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“I am not against corporates; I am against monopoly because it crushes people,” said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday, while interacting with civil society members to discuss the party’s 3,500 km Bharat Jodo Yatra
“I am not against corporates; I am against monopoly because it crushes people,” said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday, while interacting with civil society members to discuss the party’s 3,500 km Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Congress has planned the 150-day yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir in which several senior leaders will participate.
Rahul arrived at Constitutional Club here where he met with civil society groups to discuss the yatra and interacted with them for over an hour. Party sources said, during the meeting, the Congress MP from Kerala’s Wayanad, said, “Whether there is a crowd or no one joins the Bharat Jodo Yatra, I will complete it. I have to learn; this is a personal penance for me.” He also assured the people that he will always be with them on all issues of public interest, a source disclosed.
After the meeting, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said that Rahul interacted with 150 members of the civil society groups from 22 states of the country. He also answered questions about Bharat Jodo Yatra: why the yatra is planned and what he expects from it? Ramesh added.
“He (Rahul) spoke to them about the three fundamental pillars of the yatra: the economic, the social, and the political pillars. It’s a political yatra in a non-partisan way. The country is facing grave economic challenges due to inflation, unemployment, growing vigilance and disparities. India is also facing social challenges on account of the growing use of the Centre’s institutions and the complete weakening of the state’s local bodies and nagar panchayats,” Ramesh pointed out.
“We have already appealed to the political parties, civil society groups, all individuals who are worried, concerned and pained at the current state of the Indian society and economy to participate in the yatra,” Ramesh said.
The Congress Rajya Sabha MP also said that on Tuesday, the party will release the logo and detailed plan of the yatra. Ramesh added that during the one-and-a- half-hour long question-answer session, Rahul responded to all questions of the civil society groups without holding a pad or a note or looking at teleprompter.
After the meeting, Aruna Roy, a member of the civil society group, said that the Congress has reached out to civil society groups for support and engagement for the five-month yatra. She said that the conclave was attended by over 150 civil society individuals. Roy added that the participant organizations welcomed the decision of the yatra and expressed their willingness to engage with it. She also said that an appeal will be issued for larger engagement of the civil society groups.
Speaking to the media, social activist Yogendra Yadav said that we had invited the civil society groups of the country to discuss joining the Bharat Jodo Yatra called by the Congress. “And after day-long deliberations, we welcomed the yatra,” he said.
The decision to rope in the civil society groups was taken looking at the success of the Anna Hazare and India Against Corruption movements in 2012 when the civil society groups came together and dethroned the Congress-led UPA government from the Centre in 2014.
