Veteran actor Kamal Haasan on Saturday joined Rahul Gandhi-led Congress’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ because it marches forward in New Delhi. Haasan is the most recent movie star to hitch the Congress’s padyatra, which has already lined almost 3,000 km and can cowl 12 states travelling a complete of three,570 km earlier than culminating in Jammu and Kashmir in January-end.
“Many individuals ask me why I’m right here. I’m right here as an Indian. My father was a Congressman. I had numerous ideologies and began my very own political get together however in terms of the nation, all political get together strains need to blur. I blurred that line and got here right here,” Haasan stated after the Bharat Jodo Yatra reached the enduring Purple Fort.
“I stood in entrance of the mirror and stated to myself – that is the time when the nation wants me essentially the most. Then a voice got here from inside me ‘Kamal… do not assist break India, assist unite’,” he added.
The Gandhi household walked collectively within the yatra earlier within the day as former get together president Sonia Gandhi, her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren joined Rahul Gandhi within the march.
Gandhi and her relations walked with Rahul Gandhi for a brief distance until the yatra halted for the morning break on the Ashram Chowk in Delhi.
That is the second time Sonia Gandhi, additionally Congress Parliamentary Social gathering chairperson, joined the yatra that started in September from Kanyakumari. She had earlier taken half within the march in October when it was in Mandya in Karnataka.
That is the primary time the whole household has walked within the Bharat Jodo Yatra collectively.
Sporting a masks, Sonia Gandhi walked with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Robert Vadra and her grandchildren and waved to the general public ready alongside the roads to see the household.
“The love that I’ve acquired from her, I’m sharing the identical with the nation,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi with an image of a heat hug together with his mom.
The Congress additionally shared the identical image.
The yatra entered Delhi from Haryana Saturday morning and was accorded a heat welcome on the Badarpur border by get together leaders and staff.
Visitors snarls have been reported from elements of Delhi because the march made its manner by means of the nationwide capital. The yatra will halt close to the Purple Fort within the night.
(With inputs from PTI)