Congress to invite CMs, INDIA bloc chiefs to Bharat Jodo Yatra’s concluding rally

The list includes all Congress CMs, CMs of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Delhi, Punjab and chiefs of all members of the INDIA front.

FILE PHOTO: Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, during his 66-day long "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra", in Jhalod town

Rahul Gandhi addresses his supporters in a public meeting during the 66-day long "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra", or Unite India Justice March, in Jhalod town, Gujarat state, India, March 7, 2024. (REUTERS)

The Congress will invite all chief ministers of opposition parties and presidents of all parties of the INDIA bloc to the concluding public rally of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on March 17, which will be the beginning of the opposition’s poll campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.

The yatra will enter Maharashtra on March 12 in Nandurbar district and will travel to Mumbai through Dhule, Nashik, Palghar and Thane districts.

“The concluding rally at Shivaji Park will be one of the biggest in recent times and invitations have been sent to all opposition CMs and chiefs of parties from the INDIA front,” a senior Congress leader said.

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The list includes all Congress CMs, CMs of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Delhi, Punjab and chiefs of all members of the INDIA front.

“This is going to be a mega show where opposition unity will be displayed and the poll campaign bugle will be blown,” said the leader. The rally will specifically be a show of strength for the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) which includes the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP).

The Congress also formed two committees for the yatra’s coordination and the public rally’s. Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole will chair the coordination committee for the Yatra while Leader of Opposition in legislative assembly Vijay Wadettiwar will head the public rally coordination panel.

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