Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra formally bid farewell to Kerala as he left Manimooli at Vazhikkadavu for Gudalur in Tamil Nadu along with his fellow walkers on Thursday morning. Mr. Gandhi had his final leg of two hours’ walk from Chungathara to Vazhikkadavu in the morning.
Before leaving the State, he said Kerala was his second home. “I was not born here, but I have been shown tremendous love, affection and respect here. Home is where you get love, and Kerala is home for me. No matter how much affection I give, I always receive more in return from the people here. I am forever indebted to them,” he said.
Top State leaders of the Congress, including former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, KPCC president K. Sudhakaran, Opposition Leader V.D. Satheesan, Ramesh Chennithala, M.M. Hasan and K. Muraleedharan accompanied Mr. Gandhi in his last leg of the yatra in Kerala.
