Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, his deputy Mukesh Agnihotri and the Congress’ chief in the hill state Pratibha Singh walked alongside Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Friday as it completed 100 days on the road.
Besides Sukhu, Agnihotri, and the HPCC chief, some other newly elected Himachal MLAs, including Pratibha Singh’s son Vikramaditya Singh and AICC in-charge of the hill state Rajeev Shukla, joined the yatra after the tea break during the morning session.
Gandhi, along with Venugopal, former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and other senior leaders, began the morning leg of the yatra from the Meena High Court here.
“Bharat Jodo Yatra’s biggest achievement is that issues of the common people of the country have been highlighted through it,” Venugopal told PTI while walking in the yatra.
“The BJP’s attempt of demolishing his (Gandhi’s) image has also been destroyed by us,” he added.
The Congress general secretary (organization) also stressed that the message of the yatra will be spread through a follow-up campaign to be undertaken by the party from January 26.
The yatra, which was launched on September 7 in Kanyakumari has traversed eight states – Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and now, Rajasthan.
With over 2,800 kilometers under his belt, Gandhi managed to catch the attention of his supporters as well as detractors.