Sonia arrives in Mysuru to join ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

All India Congress Interim president Sonia Gandhi is set to be a part of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ as she arrived in Mysuru on Monday.

Sources have said that Gandhi will stay at a resort in the Kodagu district for two days, before joining the Yatra on 6^th October, which is currently in it’s Karnataka leg.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadhra will take part in the event, the next day, according to the Karnataka Congress.

This will be the first time that all the members of the Gandhi family will be present in the Yatra that began on 7^th September from Kanyakumari  and has covered Tamil Nadu, Kerala and will finish up 511 kilometres of the area in 21 days.

The march was aimed at covering as many as 12 states in five months. It recently reached Karnataka on Friday (30^th September) and will be here for the next 21 days before moving north. A distance of 25 km is covered every day in the Padyatra (march).

According to the Congress, the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is being held to combat the divisive policies of the BJP-led central government and to make people aware of the dangers of economic inequality, social polarisation, and political centralisation. It includes marches, rallies, and public meetings.

The Congress suffered a debacle in the assembly polls held earlier this year, and the Yatra is seen as an attempt to increase the party’s outreach to the public and prepare it for the upcoming polls.