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B.S. Satish Kumar

Bharat Jodo Yatra is Dakshinayana movement where influences of South are carried to North: Yogendra Yadav

Political analyst and social activist Yogendra Yadav on Wednesday alleged that Karnataka was witnessing one of the “most corrupt regimes and worst politics of hate” and said that the Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress would witness its first political test here.

Karnataka, which has the legacy of Basavanna and a series of progressive thinkers and writers, provides one of the most deepest cultural resources to take on this politics of hate, he said in an interview. He described the Bharat Jodo Yatra as a Dakshinayana movement of India, where the influences of the South are carried to the North. Excerpts from the interview:

In 2019, you had said the Congress must die if it cannot protect the idea of India. Now you are supporting the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. What made you change your stance?

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