Team News Riveting
New Delhi, January 11
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday invited leaders of 21 like-minded parties to join the concluding function of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar on January 30.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 and will conclude in Srinagar on January 30, with Rahul Gandhi hoisting the national flag. The march has so far covered more than 3,300 km. It will cover a total distance of 3,570 km during its entire journey.
“Congress President Shri. Mallikarjun Kharge-ji has written to presidents of 21 like-minded parties inviting them to the concluding function of the #BharatJodoYatra on January 30th,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet.
In the letter shared by Ramesh in the twitter, Kharge wrote to parties’ presidents urging their presence would strengthen the yatra’s message of truth, compassion and non-violence.
In a letter to the presidents of the parties, he said from the beginning of the yatra, the Congress has sought the participation of every like-minded party and on the invitation of Rahul Gandhi, MPs of several political parties have joined it at different stages.
“I now invite you to personally join the concluding function of the Bharat Jodo Yatra to be held in Srinagar on January 30 at noon. The function is dedicated to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, who lost his life on this day in his tireless struggle against the ideology of hatred and violence,” Kharge wrote.
The parties invited include TMC, JD-U, SS, TDP, NC, SP, BSP, DMK, CPI, CPM, JMM, RJD, RLSP, HAM, PDP, NCP, MDMK, VCK, IUML, KSM and RSP.
