Samba: Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, Aam Aadmi Get together and Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Democratic Azad Get together are three B-teams of BJP within the nation, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh claimed Sunday.
“Ghulam Nabi Azad is hassled. His get together has not been registered. All his get together members have returned to Congress after their depart of absence completed. He’s restricted to Doda (district). It has turn out to be the Doda Azad get together,” Ramesh informed a press convention on the finish of Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“There are three B groups of BJP in our nation, whose solely intention is to chop Congress’ vote. First is Owaisi, 2nd is Aam Aadmi Get together and third is Ghulam Nabi Azad,” he stated.
After severing ties with the Congress on 26 August 2022, Azad launched his get together in Jammu a month later in September final 12 months. The Democratic Azad Get together has typically confronted allegations of being the “B-team” of the BJP at the same time as Azad had informed ThePrint that he was “impartial”. There was a sequence of high-profile exits corresponding to former deputy chief minister Tara Chand, former minister Manohar Lal and former MLA Balwan Singh from Azad’s get together.
On Day 2 of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and different ‘Bharat yatris’ walked 21 km from Kathua district to Samba district.
The yatra began at 7am after senior leaders Jairam Ramesh and Digvijay Singh paid tributes to senior Congress chief and former finance minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Girdhari Lal Dogra. Hiranagar, the place the yatra began, is the birthplace of Dogra.
It was 8 levels Celsius when the yatra started for the day, whereas one of many yatris additionally fainted on the best way earlier than the walkathon culminated at 1 PM.
‘Karan Singh was invited’
Whereas many senior leaders, together with former chief minister Farooq Abdullah, prolonged their help to the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress veteran and former Union minister Karan Singh has been lacking from the occasion.
Singh, the son of Jammu & Kashmir’s final Dogra ruler Hari Singh, was additionally invited for the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
In September, Singh had expressed disappointment at not being invited to hitch Bharat Jodo Yatra, saying it appeared that the get together doesn’t want him anymore.
Responding to ThePrint’s query, AICC incharge Jammu & Kashmir, Rajni Patil stated she had personally spoken to Singh. “I personally spoke to him and he stated ‘on this scenario, I can’t come due to my well being’. He stated, ‘I can’t journey a lot and stroll a lot, however my greatest needs are there. I’ll speak to Rahul ji’,” Patil stated responding to the query.
Jairam Ramesh reminded the media on a lighter word that Karan Singh was a “very younger 92-year previous”. “He’s with the spirit. He’s with the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Bodily, he will not be ready to stroll. Each senior chief has been invited,” Ramesh stated.
In the meantime, Rahul and the yatra had been welcomed by tons of of individuals in Samba. Former Punjab chief minister Charanjeet Singh Channi, Punjab MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, J&Okay Congress president Vikar Rasool, former J&Okay Congress president G.A. Mir, and Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate accompanied him within the yatra..
Bharat Jodo Yatra is ready to enter Jammu metropolis on Monday, the place Rahul might be addressing a significant rally. However safety stays a priority after a twin blast within the metropolis Saturday. The schedule for yatra as of now stays unchanged, ThePrint has learnt.
(Edited by Tony Rai)