Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra Day 12: INDIA Will Together Fight Against RSS-BJP Injustice: Rahul Gandhi
Cooch Behar (West Bengal), January 25: The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered into West Bengal from Assam today to a grand welcome with thousands of party workers receiving Rahul Gandhi who is leading the Yatra. The Yatra flag was handed over by the Assam Congress leadership to its West Bengal counterparts.
West Bengal Congress president and leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury led the workers to receive the Yatra in the state. The Congress leader thanked them all for the warm welcome they had accorded him. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Gandhi said, after the 4,000 kilometer long Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, he had now embarked on the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur to Mumbai, East to the West.
Mr Gandhi expressed confidence that the INDIA block will together fight the injustice in the country unleashed by the RSS and the BJP. He alleged that the RSS and the BJP were spreading hatred and violence across the country and INDIA formation would defeat them.
The Yatra will cover about 637 kms across eight districts and ten Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal.
Mr Gandhi expressed his profound gratitude to the Congress leadership and workers from Assam for making the Yatra a grand success there despite such hostile attitude of the local government and administration. He said, the Nyay Yatra had changed the political narrative in Assam.
Earlier, Mr Gandhi got off his bus in front of a huge group of women outside the Halakura village Panchayat and interacted with them. They also took selfies with the Congress leader.
Before that, Gandhi met a delegation of the leaders of the All Koch Rajbongshi Students Union in Dhubri district of Assam. The Koch Rajbongshi people are currently classified as OBCs but are seeking ST status. Ten years ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to declare them as STs, but that promise still remains unfulfilled. Mr Gandhi assured them that the caste census will bring clarity about their numbers and socio-economic status giving credibility to their demand.
The Nyay Yatra will resume on January 28 after the Republic Day celebrations’ break.
