Rahul’s walk, Nitish’s Delhi sojourn, Kejriwal’s yatra
Several of India’s key political actors are on the move this week.
The spotlight is on the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is walking 3,500 km from Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu to Kashmir, a journey that will take over nearly five months. The Congress hopes that this yatra will give a boost to the party. Our editorial on the yatra argues that “Mr. Gandhi will have to discover, inspire, and incentivise the Congress worker through this journey. The notion that NGOs and actors outside the Congress structure will give buoyancy to his politics is wrong and misplaced. Mr. Gandhi will have to convince the general public of his capacity to lead a national change and also motivate the party’s workers who have long been trampled by one group of rootless imposters after another. That is a long, and even lonely, journey.”
