Persevering with his Bharat Jodo Yatra via Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Thursday promised that the Rayalaseema area during which the district falls will obtain a particular improvement package deal if the Congress involves energy within the state.
Rayalaseema was a robust base for the get together earlier than Andhra Pradesh’s bifurcation beneath UPA rule on the Centre in 2014. It was certainly one of Rayalaseema’s tallest leaders, former CM and Congress stalwart Dr Y S Rajashekara Reddy, who had first steered that Rahul lead the get together and “someday” develop into PM.
At avenue nook conferences Thursday, Gandhi stated that each one the commitments and assurances made by the UPA authorities throughout the state’s bifurcation in 2014 could be fulfilled by the Congress relating to energy.
Gandhi stated that the response in Andhra Pradesh, the place the Congress was decimated after the bifurcation, was enthusiastic and requested APCC leaders to construct on this response to revive the get together. He instructed Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Dr S Shailajanath that the Bharat Jodo Yatra via Kurnool was a superb place to begin for rebuilding it.
Gandhi additionally met a number of farmers and representatives of civil society organisations alongside the best way. He resumed the yatra within the morning from Banavasi village in Yemmiganur mandal accompanied by Shailajanath, former Union minister Pallam Raju and others.
Within the first leg, Gandhi walked until Mugati village. Within the second leg, he resumed strolling at 4 pm and halted for the night time at Chetnihalli. Native Congress leaders and a whole bunch of Youth Congress and Congress employees and supporters joined Gandhi. Through the night break, Gandhi visited Raghavendra Swamy Mutt at Mantralayam.
His transient yatra via Kurnool district will finish Friday after masking about 100 km via the Meeting constituencies of Adoni, Aluru, Mantralayam and Yemmiganur.
He’ll cross over to Raichur in Karnataka and enter Telangana on October 23-24 at Kamareddy, simply 10 days forward of the Munugode bypoll. The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) is hoping that his presence within the state will bolster its probabilities within the bypoll.
In Telangana, the TPCC is making ready a grand welcome for its chief. Former minister and ex-Chief of Opposition within the state Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir stated elaborate preparations have been being made to make sure the Bharat Jodo Yatra’s “grand success” within the state. TPCC chief A Revanth Reddy together with Ali and different leaders will welcome Gandhi at Jukkal the place he enters Telangana.