Nanded (Mah ) Nov 7 (UNI) The purpose of Bharat Jodo Yatra, which runs from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, is to connect the country. Hatred is being spread in the country at this time. In such a way India Jodo Yatra has been started against breaking India. No one can stop this march till Kashmir said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi while making an appeal after reaching Nanded on Monday night. He said that during this padayatra, I will visit Maharashtra for the next 14 days and work to understand the suffering of the people here.

Party workers and leaders from Telangana entered Degalur in Maharashtra's Nanded district along with Rahul Gandhi carrying thousands of torches on Monday night. Telangana State Congress President Revanth Reddy handed over the tricolor flag to Congress State President Nana Patole as it reaches Maharashtra from Telangana. On this occasion, Rahul Gandhi was congratulated in Maratha style.

Mr Gandhi addressed a crowd of thousands in Degalur. He began his speech with the slogan 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ki Jai'. Mr Gandhi further said that it is a matter of pride that he is starting the padayatra in Maharashtra with the blessings of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He said that today there are many burning problems in the country but the central government is not paying attention to them. This government is working only for four or five capitalists. Demonetisation brought the small businesses to a standstill in the country. A gas cylinder of Rs 400 has become Rs 1100 and petrol, diesel has become Rs 100 a liter but Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not saying a word about it.

Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and Member of Rajya Sabha Digvijay Singh, Head of Media Department of All India Congress Committee Jairam Ramesh, General Secretary of All India Congress Committee Avinash Pandey, State in-charge H. K. Patil, State President Nana Patole, Leader of Legislative Dal and Maharashtra Coordinator of Bharat Jodo Yatra Balasaheb Thorat, Former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Prithviraj Chavan, Former State President Manikrao Thackeray, Former Minister Sunil Kedar, Former Minister of State Bunty Patil, Vishwajit Kadam, Mumbai Congress President Bhai Jagtap, Tribal Division President Shivajirao Moghe, State Executive President Naseem Khan, Praniti Shinde, Rajni Patil, Kumar Ketkar, Former MP Hussain Dalwai, Sanjay Nirupam, Former Shiv Sena MP Subhash Wankhede, Amar Rajurkar, Wajahat Mirza, Chief Spokesperson Atul Londhe, SpokespersonGopaldadaTiwari, Raju Waghmare, State General Secretary Pramod More, Devanand Pawar, Sachin Sawant, Mumbai Youth Congress President. Zeeshan Siddiqui, Vice President Mohan Joshi, All India Congress Committee Secretary and Joint In-Charge Sampat Kumar, Ashish Dua, Mumbai Congress Working President Charanjit Singh Sapra, Social Media President Vishal Muttemwar, Youth Congress East Region President Satyajit Tambe were present.

Mr Gandhi met the idols of Maharashtra, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Mahatma Basaveshwar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Mahapurush Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Punyashlok Ahilya Devi Holkar, Annabhau Sathe and saluted them by garlanding them.

The procession from the comrades of Telangana was received with great enthusiasm and gaiety in Degalur. People from all the streets of Nanded area reached there in huge numbers to welcome Rahul Gandhi.

From Degalur, Rahul Gandhi walked to Vannali to seek the blessings of Gurdwara Yadgar Sahibzade Baba Zorawar Singh Ji Baba Fateh Singhji. Around four thousand workers were present with torches during this time.

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