The Bharat Jodo Yatra could have lined 1,000 km in 38 days when Congress chief Rahul Gandhi addresses a large rally at Ballari in Karnataka on Saturday. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his Chhattisgarh counterpart, Bhupesh Baghel, can be among the many nationwide leaders addressing it.
Karnataka Congress president D Okay Shivakumar informed the media that greater than 3 lakh folks would possibly attend the rally on the municipal floor in Ballari.
On Day 37 of his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi handed by way of just a few villages in Anantapuramu district of Andhra Pradesh Friday night.
Rahul was accorded a heat welcome by AP Congress president Sake Sailajanath, working president N Tulasi Reddy, former minister N Raghuveera Reddy and different senior leaders as he entered Kanukuppa village underneath D Hirehal mandal from neighbouring Karnataka.
Gandhi walked by way of Jajarakallu, Madenahalli, Lakshmipuram, D Hirehal and Obulapuram villages that fall in AP on the borders of Karnataka. From Obulapuram checkpost, Rahul returned to Ballari in Karnataka for an evening halt.
Gandhi, who walked for a distance of 24 km to succeed in the outskirts of Ballari on Friday, will proceed his stroll on Saturday morning.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began on September 7, has to this point lined three states—Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Through the yatra, Gandhi does 20-minute exercises, has mild breakfast and walks for 25 km every single day, in accordance with the Karnataka Congress. His day begins at 5am and ends at 11pm, the get together stated.
(With PTI inputs)