Awantipora: Donning a jacket, albeit a sleeveless one, for the primary time throughout Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi Saturday resumed strolling from Kashmir’s Awantipora. He was joined by former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and her daughter Iltija Mufti.
Gandhi resumed his yatra after he needed to abandon it Friday resulting from ‘safety lapse’ in Qazigund. Amid heightened safety, he could possibly be seen carrying his white T-shirt, a inexperienced sleeveless jacket, and a woolen cap. This was his guard towards the chilly Kashmiri winter morning, the place most could possibly be seen in pherans, jackets and a number of layers of clothes. Components of Kashmir have already seen snowfall. Nonetheless, after strolling for a kilometre, Gandhi was seen as soon as once more with out the jacket.
With lots of of safety personnel and PDP supporters, Bharat Jodo Yatra moved in direction of its closing vacation spot – Srinagar.
Gandhi’s t-shirts have been talked about, owing to the truth that he has worn them all through the yatra, no matter the climate situations.
A BJP minister in Uttar Pradesh, Brajesh Pathak had even claimed that Gandhi not feeling chilly is a subject of analysis. He claimed he has mentioned it with specialists and the report might be made public quickly.)
His black raincoat, which was initially mistaken for a jacket, in Jammu’s Kathua additionally gained consideration as he wore it throughout rains.
Whereas Gandhi has questioned this curiosity over his non-sweater look by initially claiming, “I don’t put on a sweater as a result of I’m not terrified of winter,” in a press convention earlier this month, he stated, “I began strolling from Kerala. It was scorching and humid. After we entered Madhya Pradesh, there was a slight chill. At some point, three poor women in torn garments got here to me and needed to get an image clicked. Once I hugged certainly one of them, she was shivering. On that day, I made a decision that I’ll placed on a sweater the day these youngsters get one. Till the time I don’t shiver, I’ll solely put on a t-shirt.”
Bharat Jodo Yatra is ready to culminate in Srinagar on 30 January with a mega rally.
(Edited by Smriti Sinha)
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