4 days earlier than the fruits of the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rajiv Ranjan ‘Lalan’ Singh, the nationwide president of the Congress’s Bihar ally Janata Dal (United), knowledgeable his counterpart within the grand previous get together it won’t be potential for him to hitch the concluding ceremony of the nationwide march.
Singh knowledgeable Mallikarjun Kharge he has to attend a JD(U) programme in poll-bound Nagaland on the identical day as the ultimate day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra (January 30).
“…A lot as I would prefer to be current on the historic occasion, I specific my lack of ability to take action, as I should be current on the launching of the get together’s election marketing campaign at Wokha, Nagaland the identical day,” the JD(U) chief communicated to Kharge, in accordance with information company ANI.
After this, it’s not clear whether or not Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s outfit will ship one other consultant, or skip the occasion altogether. The event, nevertheless, comes at a time when there may be pressure inside the state’s ruling Mahagathbandhan, over remarks on Ramcharitmanas by RJD chief and schooling minister Chandra Shekhar, and senior JD(U) chief Upendra Kushwaha allegedly making an attempt to hitch the BJP.
In August final yr, Nitish Kumar snapped ties with the BJP and joined Mahagathbandhan, returning to an alliance he give up in July 2017 to hitch fingers with the saffron get together.
In the meantime, the Bharat Jodo Yatra, by which the Congress says it ‘goals to unite India,’ started on September 7 final yr in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari. After travelling by a dozen states and overlaying greater than 3,000 kms, the march entered Jammu and Kashmir on January 19. Eight days earlier, get together president Kharge had written to as many as twenty-one ‘like-minded’ events, inviting them to hitch the conclusion of the Yatra, in Srinagar.