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India opposition’s ‘unity march’ against hate reaches New Delhi

Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the crowd at the Red Fort during the ongoing Unite India march in the old quarters of Delhi [Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters]

A cross-country march led by Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has reached the capital New Delhi after passing through eight states, hoping to regain some of the popularity it lost to the ruling Hindu nationalist party.

Tens of thousands of people have joined Gandhi’s “Unite India March” against “hate and division”, which aims to turn the Congress party’s fortunes around after its drubbing by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in two successive national elections.

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