The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is all set to welcome to Kerala the Bharat Jodo Yatra being led by All India Congress Committee (AICC) former president Rahul Gandhi, raising the slogan ‘Mile Kadam, Jude Vatan’ (step by step, unite India)
The Congress party has completed all arrangements for welcoming the 3,500-km-long march which enters Kerala on Saturday night. The State’s traditional art forms and percussion bands will welcome Mr. Gandhi and his padayatris, or people who are walking with him, through the long journey across the country. Many partymen from Kerala will join the padayatra.
The padayatra began from Kanyakumari on September 7. By Saturday night, the yatra will reach Cheruvarakonam, Parassala, on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. KPCC president K. Sudhakaran, MP, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan, AICC General Secretary Tariq Anwar, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, former Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala, UDF convener M. M. Hassan, Bharat Jodo Yatra State coordinator Kodikkunnil Suresh and other Congress leaders will gather at Parassala on Sunday morning to welcome the yatra. AICC General Secretary K. C. Venugopal has been accompanying the padayatra right from Kanyakumari.
