Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, along with Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule, is likely to welcome the Bharat Jodo Yatra when it is enters Maharashtra’s Nanded on November 9, Congress sources said on Monday.
If things work out as per plans, then Mr. Pawar will be the second top Opposition leader after DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to be associated with the Congress padayatra led by MP and former party chief Rahul Gandhi.
Sources claimed that in the past one month, leaders of Congress allies like the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) participated in the padayatra in Kerala. Some leaders and workers of the Janata Dal (Secular) also participated in the yatra in Karnataka.