Rahul Gandhi resumed his Bharat Jodo Yatra from Rudraram on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Thursday, the 57th day of the yatra and the ninth day in Telangana, and was joined by former chief of naval workers Admiral L Ramdas and his spouse, Lalita Ramdas. As Gandhi walked in direction of the Sangareddy city, polling had simply began at 298 voting centres within the Munugode Meeting constituency.
Gandhi took the morning break at Hanuman Nagar in Sangareddy, the place he met a number of feminine farmers. Kandakam Mogulamma and Jadala Chandramma, two feminine farmers who’re pioneers in reviving millet cultivation, introduced a biodiverse millet bouquet to Gandhi and walked with him. Together with Santoshi Sreelaya, they spoke to him concerning the significance of biodiverse agriculture in combating the results of local weather change. They known as for the inclusion of millets in PDS, ICDS and different authorities schemes for the welfare of farmers and the poor in addition to to deal with malnutrition. He responded positively and accepted their constitution of calls for.
He resumed the yatra at 4.30pm from Ramalayam.
A gaggle of Muslims personalities together with advocates, educationists, retired bureaucrats, activists, writers, professionals from totally different fields and leaders of group organisations additionally met Gandhi and mentioned with him points being confronted by the minority group.
Former particular chief secretary and retired IAS officer M Shafiquzzaman spoke about points comparable to discrimination and the alleged excesses of the Telangana police. He additionally known as for higher leaders for the Congress from the Muslim group. Senior excessive courtroom advocate Qudsia Tabassum raised the misuse of the Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA) towards Muslims within the state.
Dr M Sajid Ali, basic secretary of the Affiliation of Minority Training Establishments Telangana, spoke concerning the authorities failing to recognise minority instructional establishments regardless of the ruling get together’s guarantees within the Meeting election manifesto.
Farook Hussain, state president of the All Minority Workers Welfare Affiliation, mentioned the federal government jobs promised for minorities by the TRS had not been offered.
Gandhi gave a affected person listening to to the problems and had a full of life interplay with the members. He agreed that the UAPA and different legal guidelines have been being abused to focus on sections of society. He mentioned the Congress would deal with the problems raised by the group leaders.
The interplay was coordinated by Zahid Qadri, a member of a civil society working group arrange for engagement with the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Gandhi will halt for the evening at Sultanpur.