Bharat Jodo Yatra: This is the second day of Congress's India Jodo Yatra, Rahul started the journey from Kanyakumari

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi today started the second day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari. Senior party leader and MP P. Chidambaram, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and other leaders have started a padyatra at Agasteeswaram in Kanyakumari. The party is describing this yatra as a massive public relations campaign and is hoping to bring life to the organisation.

Rahul Gandhi started the padyatra from 'Vivekananda Polytechnic' in Kanyakumari along with 118 other "Bharat Yatris" and many other senior leaders and activists. The party named 119 leaders including Rahul as "Bharat Yatris" who were on foot march from Kanyakumari. They will go till Kashmir.These people will cover a total distance of 3570 kms.

Congress on Wednesday formally started its 'Bharat Jodo' Yatra from Kanyakumari and on this occasion, party President Sonia Gandhi had said through a written message that this Yatra is a transformative moment for Indian politics and it will be a lifeline for the Congress. Will work Former party president Rahul Gandhi had targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and alleged that the tricolor is being attacked at present.

Rahul Gandhi attends a prayer meeting at the memorial of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Sriperumbudur, before starting the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. It was here three decades ago that Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in a suicide attack. After attending a prayer meeting organized at his father's memorial, the former Congress president had attended an event in Kanyakumari where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin handed over the national flag to him.