Bharat Jodo Yatra Highlights: Was warned I might be attacked in Kashmir, but people here gave me love, not hand grenades, says Rahul Gandhi

Bharat Jodo Yatra Highlights: Speaking at the event, Congress president Rahul Gandhi spoke about the pain of losing someone while remembering his father Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.

By: Express Web Desk

January 29, 2023 10:23 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi addresses public rally on the finale of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar. (Twitter/ @RahulGandhi)

Bharat Jodo Yatra Highlights, January 30: Speaking at a rally to mark the finale of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he was warned that he might be attacked in Kashmir but, “people here did not give me hand grenades but hearts full of love”. He added that BJP members could not walk like this in Jammu and Kashmir because “they are scared”. He also spoke about the pain of losing someone while remembering his father Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, saying that he understood the pain of those who lost their kin in the Pulwama attack. The Wayanad MP accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of “instigating violence” but not understanding the meaning of pain the way it is understood by Kashmiris, the families of armed forces killed on the line of duty, or him.
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Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi hoisted the flag at Srinagar's Lal Chowk on Sunday.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi unfurled the national flag at Lal Chowk, in the heart of Srinagar, on Sunday, saying the “promise made to India” had been fulfilled.

Addressing a press conference later, Rahul spoke on a range of issues — from restoration of statehood and Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to Chinese aggression on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and Opposition unity.

But, notwithstanding the symbolic unfurling of the Tricolour and an iteration of his family’s links with Kashmir, Rahul was noncommittal on restoration of Article 370.

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