"Yatra is to unite nation": JD (U) leader KC Tyagi on Congress' Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra

"Manipur is unstable. The government in Delhi is silent. We support the Nyay Yatra by Rahul Gandhi. It would help to console the affected people. I agree with Rahul Gandhi's statement that the feud between the Meiti and Kuki groups is due to the policies of the central government. The yatra is to unite the nation and comments by BJP leaders are condemnable that the yatra is being organised by the 'Tukre-Tukre' gang," said Tyagi.

This comes after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday kicked off his second large-scale outreach programme, the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, from Manipur's Thoubal district with a commitment to bring peace and harmony in the ethnic violence-hit state.

Rahul Sunday said that his party started the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra to ensure justice for the people as they are facing a period of 'great injustice' in the country.

"The questions arose- why the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra? It is because we are going through a period of great injustice in India. It is of all kinds - social, political and economical," Rahul Gandhi said.

The Congress leader also came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting the ethnic strife-torn state and said that it is 'shameful' that the PM of the country did not come to wipe the tears of the people.

The yatra began at noon from the Khongjom War Memorial. It will cover a distance of 6,713 km, straddling 100 Lok Sabha constituencies and 337 assembly segments and covering 110 districts. The yatra will conclude in Mumbai on March 20 after 67 days.

A follow-up to the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' which saw Rahul Gandhi cover more than 3,000 kilometres on foot - from Kanya Kumari to Srinagar--the latest campaign, Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0, will be a hybrid one.

Rahul Gandhi said that the party was compelled to do a hybrid yatra from east to west in the wake of the upcoming general elections. (ANI)