Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Thursday, attempted to strike an emotional chord with the human beings of the Union Territory (UT) as he defined his access to “J&K – the land of his ancestors”, as a “go back to his roots.” The former Congress president made those comments as his much-hyped “Bharat Jodo Yatra” entered Jammu and Kashmir via Lakhanpur – the gateway to the UT this evening.
Major spotlight of his access to J&K – the ultimate leg of Yatra- became that at Lakhanpur he became obtained via way of means of the National Conference president and the previous Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah joined via way of means of Awami National Conference supremo Mazaffar Shah, reaffirming “Gandhi-Abdullah ties.” And this mutual admiration located mirrored image withinside the NC president’s quick cope with also.
While addressing the gathering, Rahul on the very outset selected to revisit his “familial connection” to J&K as he stated that he became beaten with the nice and cozy welcome he obtained right here withinside the UT no matter the cold wintry night.
“While I became taking walks toward J&K, I became thinking – the manner I’m at the flow to J&K after traversing over 3500 kms as part of Yatra that started from Kanyakumari; a long time in the past my own circle of relatives might have moved to Uttar Pradesh from J&K. No surprise I became overpowered via way of means of this emotion that I became going again to my home. I’m taking walks again to my place, masking this kind of lengthy distance on foot. And whilst someone is going again to his roots, it is usually a fantastic mastering revel in for him. I’ve come right here now no longer to inform you some thing however to analyze from the human beings right here. Next 9 days I’ll spend gaining new revel in among you,” he stated.
The Congress MP stated that he became in J&K to percentage the anguish of human beings right here, to concentrate to their woes. “I understand which you human beings have suffered a lot. Everyone is hurt. I may be blessed if I ought to percentage this struggling and that is the reason at the back of this Yatra. I’ve entered J&K bowing my head to this pious land of yours,” he stated.
Targetting the ruling dispensation and his political adversaries, Rahul reiterated his oft-repeated one-liner right here at Lakhanpur also. “Nafrat Ke Bazar Mein Main Mohabbat Ki Dukan Kholnay Aaya Hoon…(I’ve come right here to open a store of affection withinside the marketplace ruled via way of means of hatred . .).”
Rahul, who became as regular in his white T-shirt, which has turn out to be an quintessential a part of his new-located photo during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, even as targetting his bete-noire BJP and RSS, stated, “They have been looting, pick-pocketing the human beings of this u . s . the usage of diversionary tactics. People had been looted via GST and demonetisation. Process remains on.” Media too, as regular, became in his line of fire.
“Real problems are division, hatred being unfold amongst special groups on the premise of religion, community, language, caste or creed, unemployment, inflation, black legal guidelines being enforced in opposition to farmers, small investors to advantage multiple billionaires. The authorities of the day is the usage of arm-twisting strategies to make sure pliant-media. Unfortunately the media in place of highlighting those actual problems, in league with the authorities, is focussing at the movie stars and different non-problems to divert the eye of the masses. Our march is geared toward bringing again the eye of the u . s . toward actual problems.
It is the spirit of solidarity and the energy of affection and compassion, which I’ve witnessed, proper from Kanyakumari to this place, which did now no longer permit us to get worn-out even after masking this kind of lengthy distance,” Rahul stated. He asserted it became, however, heartening to notice that the venom of hatred became now no longer all pervasive. “It has now no longer but seeped to the roots of the u . s .. It’s constrained to TV monitors of pliant channels which might best communicate approximately Hindus and Muslims,” he stated.
Dr Farooq Abdullah, in his regular factors in his quick cope with, equated Rahul with the 8th century Hindu seer Adi Shankaracharya, drawing parity withinside the Yatra undertaken via way of means of them, aleven though in special eras.
“Centuries in the past, it became saint Shankaracharya, who had undertaken a Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to create a renaissance. Now it’s far Rahul who’s taking walks to unite India, release it of the venom of hatred and divisions via his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, traversing heaps of kilometers. I do not know how this outstanding notion dawned on him (Rahul). We wholeheartedly assist him. But all my advantages are with him. I want him achievement in his endeavours. I need to peer his efforts succeeding to restore Lord Rama’s India and Gandhi’s India wherein we will all, along with our sisters and daughters, stroll keeping our heads high, with none fear,” Farooq said. He wound up via way of means of elevating slogans praising Rahul, his Yatra and “Jai Hind.” Besides Farooq and Shah, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, senior Congress leaders viz., former Chief Minister Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, standard secretary incharge Communication AICC, MP and previous minister Jairam Ramesh, AICC incharge J&K and MP Rajni Patil,JKPCC president Vikar Rasool and running president Raman Bhalla too have been gift there.
Vikar Rasool, in his quick cope with, said that Yatra’s grandeur might attain its top in J&K. Earlier after Yatra entered J&K, a flag handing-over rite occurred close to the statue of Maharaja Gulab Singh at Lakhanpur in Kathua.
Punjab Congress unit president Raja Warring passed over the tricolour to Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Vikar Rasool, accordingly symbolically representing the graduation of the ultimate leg of Yatra in J&K.
