The Bharath Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to be taken up by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will enter Karnataka near Gundlupet either on September 29 or 30 after being launched in Kanyakumari on September 7.
While 125 padayatris will accompany Mr. Gandhi for the 3,500-km walk that will traverse through 12 States and two centrally administered territories, 125 Congress leaders from Karnataka will walk with Mr. Gandhi when the yatra traverses through Karnataka for a distance of 511 km in 21 days. As many as 125 Congress leaders from the neighbouring States will also be allowed to walk with the yatris in Karnataka, Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council and Bharath Jodo yatra coordinator in Karnataka B.K. Hariprasad told presspersons here on Sunday.
The details of the Bharath Jodo Yatra were shared here at a joint press conference addressed by KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah besides Mr. Hariprasad.
