Bharat Jodo Highlights: Yatra will resume from March 2 in Rajasthan, Priyanka Gandhi hands over national flag

Priyanka joined Rahul at Moradabad yesterday

Youth would not use mobiles 12 hours a day if there was no unemployment, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said youngsters would not be using their mobile phones for 12 hours a day had there been no unemployment in the country.

Rahul Gandhi said this while addressing a gathering in Sambhal as part of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.

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Bulldozers demolish homes of 'innocent' while 'guilty' escape: Priyanka Gandhi attacked UP's BJP govt

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday lashed out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that bulldozers are used to demolish homes of "innocent people" while the "guilty" escape unscathed.

Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday joined the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which resumed its journey from Moradabad after a two-day halt for the march's final leg in Uttar Pradesh. (PTI)

Today’s schedule of the Yatra

'Akhilesh to join Yatra in Agra': Jairam Ramesh on plans for today

Day 43 of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra begins in Aligarh

After a public address, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will head to Hathras. After the lunch break, we will head to Agra, where Akhilesh Yadav will join the Yatra. The Yatra will conclude for the day at Dholpur, Rajasthan after the flag handover ceremony. It will resume on the 2nd of March, 2024.

Priyanka Gandhi talks to crowd in Aligarh

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Respect for Nation means respecting youth: Priyanka Gandhi

"Agneeveer scheme directly attacks the hardworking youth of Bihar, UP. Inflation, minimal increase in wages, reflect what 10 years of Modi government have done. i hope you will think, and realise this so that change can be ushered," says Priyanka Gandhi

"Media perpetuated complete blackout of first Yatra, and this one too...because our motive is to fight against the hate being injected in society," says Rahul Gandhi

"We are trying to unite the country. Kisaan, Mazdoor told me that violence and hate is because of 'injustice'. Women, workers, farmers face injustice here everyday. This Yatra, is therefore, trying to unite and fight against this injustice" Rahul Gandhi says.

Private companies, big media houses have zero representation of OBCs, Dalits, STs: Rahul Gandhi

"90 per cent of those who draft budget are upper castes. OBC's get 4 per cent of UP's budget. What are all backward castes people doing, you may ask...MNGREGA, contract labourers list, jail without conviction, here all are marginalised": Rahul Gandhi

PM Modi forgoes crorepatis taxes, but non even single Rupee of farmers' loan waived: Rahul Gandhi says in Aligarh

Modi distracting the masses by asking them to show flashlight, bang utensils: Rahul Gandhi

Given everything to Adani, nothing left for small craftsmen, artisans, says Rahul Gandhi

I want to come back here 10 years later to Aligarh being the mobile producing hub...I want to see 'Made in Aligarh' written over mobile phones and not 'Made in china', says Rahul Gandhi

Some pictures from yatra in Aligarh

'So much for RLD’s pretensions...Rahul Gandhi received enthusiastic welcome from the workers of original LD': Jairam Ramesh

"The RLD may have joined the NDA after attending four meetings of the I.N.D.I.A. coalition in Patna, Bengaluru, Mumbai, and New Delhi. This morning, however, the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and Rahul Gandhi received an enthusiastic welcome from the workers and leaders of the original LD (Lok Dal) founded by Bharat Ratna Chaudhary Charan Singh. So much for the RLD’s pretensions."

Yatra to have a break from tomorrow

The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will go on a break from February 26 to March 1 to allow Rahul Gandhi fulfil his long-standing commitment to deliver two lectures at his alma mater Cambridge University in the UK on February 27 and 28. The yatra will then resume from Dholpur on March 2.

Yatra resumes, Akhilesh joins

Akhilesh addressing a public gathering

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who joined the Yatra along with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, is currently addressing a large gathering in Agra.

Akhilesh takes a swipe at BJP

"I would like to thank the public...In the coming days, the biggest challenge is to save the democracy, and the Constitution, to fulfill the dreams of Dr BR Ambedkar, that has been ruined by the BJP... 'BJP haatao, desh bachao.,: says Akhilesh while addressing a gathering in Agra.

Jayant Chaudhary flays Rahul Gandhi

Meanwhile, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary took a dig at Rahul Gandhi saying "My best wishes to his (Rahul Gandhi) yatra. Hopefully, he won't come to Agra and Mathura and say people here are also alcoholic.". The comment was an apparent reference to the Congress leader, who had earlier said that he saw people in Varanasi lying on the road after consuming alcohol.

If you're poor, you'll face injustice: Rahul Gandhi

Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi stepped up his attack on the Modi govt, saying, " If you are poor then you will face injustice in this country 24 hours... The reason for hatred is injustice, so we have added the word justice in our journey."

Opened Mohabbat Ki Dukan in Nafrat Ka Bazaar: Rahul

"It's been a year since we completed the Bharat Jodo Yatra and walked 4,000 km from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. During that yatra, a person told me that 'you are trying to open a Mohabbat Ki Dukan in Nafrat Ka Bazaar. Now, this is what we, along with Akhilesh Yadav and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, are trying to do again," says Rahul Gandhi while addressing a gathering along with Samajwadi Part chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Vadra.

BJP disrespecting farmers: Akhilesh

"Today, farmers are standing against the government. The government is scared of the power of farmers. In the coming time, the BJP will be removed and the I.N.D.I.A. coalition government will give respect to farmers," says SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

Yatra playing a key role in raising voice of youth: Pilot

"Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party are doing the work of becoming the voice of the youth, farmers, women, and every section of the society that feels neglected today," says senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Rahul Gandhi's ongoing Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.

I.N.D.I.A. 'janbandhan' locked and loaded: Jairam Ramesh

"Massive, enthusiastic, and energised crowds gathered in Agra to welcome Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Akhileh Yadav. The leaders garlanded the statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar before taking out a historic roadshow through the heart of Agra. The I.N.D.I.A. janbandhan is locked and loaded, ready to dispel the darkness of the anyay kaal," says Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh about the Yatra

Yatra moves from UP to Rajasthan

The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra has completed its UP leg and will now move to Rajasthan. Congress General Secretary handed over the national flag to Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee chief Govind Dotasra. 

Yatra to resume on March 2

From February 26 to March 1, the Yatra will have a break as Rahul Gandhi is travelling to UK to deliver two special lectures at his alma mater Cambridge University in the UK on February 27 and February 28. The Yatra will resume from Rajasthan's Dholpur on March 2.