Bharat Jodo Yatra became inevitable as BJP has barred voice of Opposition in Parliament and media: Rahul

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, D.K. Shivakumar, and Siddaramaiah at a public meeting before the Karnataka leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra began from Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar on Friday. (Source: M.A. SRIRAM)

Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP, addressing a gathering before the Karnataka leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra began from Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar on Friday. (Source: M.A. SRIRAM)

The Karnataka leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra began from Gundlupet near the State’s border with Kerala and Tamil Nadu on Friday, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying that the Kanniyakumari-to-Kashmir march had become “inevitable after the ruling BJP barred the voice of the Opposition in democratic forums such as Parliament and the media”.