File Photo: Rahul Gandhi gestures to supporters during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
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Rahul takes on Centre over Agniveer scheme
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the Agniveer recruitment scheme, saying that it "discriminates between martyrs," a charge rejected by the defence forces in the past.
Unlike the full-time Army soldier, a jawan recruited under the Agniveer scheme will not be given the status of a martyr, Gandhi said during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra as it passed through Raebareli, the parliamentary constituency of his mother and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
"His body will be thrown away. His family will neither get a pension nor any kind of help. Agniveer soldiers will join the Army, but after four years, three out of four Agniveers will be kicked out," he added.
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Yatra to resume from Uttar Pradesh's Unnao
With yatra soon to enter Madhya Pradesh, will Kamal Nath attend?
Congress leader Kamal Nath will join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra after it enters Madhya Pradesh on March 2, a senior party leader said on Tuesday.
Nath and other leaders virtually attended a meeting to review preparations for the yatra earlier in the day, sources said.
During the four-day tour of Madhya Pradesh, Gandhi will conduct road shows and meetings. He will perform puja at the famous Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain and address a public meeting in Dhar district on March 6, said state Congress president Jitu Patwari.
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Yatra's schedule in upcoming days
"The 39th day of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will end today at 2 pm in Kanpur .
February 22nd and 23rd will be rest days.
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will resume on the morning of February 24th from Moradabad and will thereafter cover Sambhal, Aligarh, Hathras and Agra districts culminating in Dholpur in Rajasthan.
February 26th to March 1st will be break days to enable RahulGandhi to fulfil his long-standing commitment to deliver two special lectures at his alma mater Cambridge University (UK) on February 27th and February 28th and also to enable him to attend other important meetings in New Delhi.
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will once again resume from Dholpur at 2 pm on March 2nd. It will then cover Morena, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Shajapur, and Ujjain among other districts in Madhya Pradesh.
On March 5th at 2pm Rahul Gandhi will have darshan at the most sacred Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain. He had last had this darshan on November 29, 2022, during the Bharat Jodo Yatra."
~ Jairam Ramesh, General Secreatry (Organisation), INC
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Day 39 of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra begins Uttar Pradesh's Unnao
Congress workers erect posters depicting Rahul as Lord Krishna and party's UP chief Ajay Rai as Arjuna in Kanpur
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will reach Kanpur later today.
Rahul Gandhi set to speak at Cambridge; Nyay yatra to be paused for 5 days
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will take a break from February 26 to March 1 to enable Rahul Gandhi to deliver two special lectures at his alma mater, Cambridge University, and attend important meetings in New Delhi, the Congress said on Wednesday.
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No 'nyay' for Dalits, Adivasis, and minorities: Rahul slams Modi government's 'hatred' for marginalised groups
"The media, police, bureaucrats and courts - all are complicit in this 'anyay'," Rahul says in Unnao.
The former Congress president also reiterated his call for a caste survey followed by an economic survey.
Asked why he did not join the Yatra, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav remarks, 'All is well that ends well'
Akhilesh said that his party would ally with the Congress for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.