Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra Highlights: Will not allow anyone to damage your history, tradition, language, religion, or way of life, says Rahul in MeghalayaGood afternoon, readers! Assam's Batadrava Than management asked Rahul Gandhi to visit the shrine after Ram mandir's consecration in Ayodhya is completed. Cong General Secretary KC Venugopal said, 'We have entered a new phase of democracy where the BJP will decide who should go to a temple and at what time'; Gaurav Gogoi can go there (Assam's Batadrava Than), but I am not allowed— scared of the Yatra, Assam govt stopped us from visiting the Batadrava shrine, said Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh chant 'Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram' during protest in Assam. Congress workers staged sit-in in Nagaon. Track all the updates on Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra Live with DH!
Security tightened in Assam's Nagaon, from where Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is scheduled to pass later today.
A day after Congress alleged that the "BJP goons" attacked the vehicle of senior leader Jairam Ramesh' and president of the party's Assam unit, Bhupen Kumar Borah, in North Assam's Sonitpur district— security has been tightened in Assam.
Congress' Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will enter its ninth day today.
Security official stop Rahul Gandhi from entering Assam's Batadrava Than
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was on Monday morning stopped from visiting the holy pilgrimage Batadrava Than in Assam, which is the birth place of saint Srimanta Sankardeva. Gandhi is seen asking the officials that 'what mistake I have done that I am not allowed inside the temple?'
Assam's Batadrava Than management asks Rahul Gandhi to visit the shrine after Ram mandir's consecration in Ayodhya is completed
Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders including senior member Jairam Ramesh have been stopped from entering the Batadrava Than holy shrine.
"Everybody is going, then why not Rahul Gandhi?" says Congress leader @kcvenugopalmp in response to a media query on Assam's Batadrava Than management asking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit the shrine "after 3 pm" when the Ayodhya Ram Temple's 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony will be over.
Will PM Modi now decide who will visit the temple: Rahul Gandhi in Assam during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
Massive crowd gathers outside the Batadrava Than pilgrimage in Assam, while Gandhi and other Congress leaders question why are they being stopped from entering the shrine.
Cong workers stage sit-in in Nagaon after Rahul Gandhi was stopped from entering holy shrine
Rahul Gandhi joins Congress workers in the sit-in staged against Batadrava Than management barring him from entering the shrine in Assam
Going to a temple can be anyone's matter of faith. Himanta-led government is hindering the faith (of Rahul Gandhi). We wanted to go to the shrine (birthplace of saint Srimanta Sankardeva) peacefully. They have always tried to be a middleman between us and our God: Congress leader Supriya Shrinate
Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh chant 'Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram' during protest in Assam
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh and others sang the Hindi bhajan 'Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram' as party members protested against Batadrava Than shrine's management for asking Rahul Gandhi to enter the shrine only after 3 pm.
Scared of the Yatra, Assam govt stopped us from visiting the Batadrava shrine: Gandhi
Srimanta Sankardev reflected the thought of Assam, and I thought that I should pay his respects as we try to walk on his path. He is like a guru to us, and that's why I thought I should visit Batadrava Than. I was invited by them, but I wasn't allowed to visit (the shrine), citing the law and order situation. However, it is weird that Gaurav Gogoi can go there, but I am not allowed: Rahul Gandhi
We have entered a new phase of democracy where the BJP will decide who should go to a temple and at what time: KC Venugopal
I cannot go to Sankardeva's birthplace but others can during a law and order crisis: Rahul Gandhi in Nagaon
"I will go to Sankardeva's birthplace when I get the opportunity..I cannot go to Sankardeva's birthplace but others can during a law and order crisis: Rahul Gandhi in Nagaon," said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
This morning after much negotiation, ONLY the local MP and the local MLA were allowed to visit the Bordowa Than. It is unprecedented that the local MP and local MLA had to negotiate their visit when they should have been able to move about freely in their own constituency: Jairam Ramesh
Rahul Gandhi's street-corner meeting and padyatra in Assam's Morigaon stopped by district administration in Assam.
Rahul Gandhi's entourage enters Meghalaya from Assam
Visuals from Meghalaya as Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra enters state
We will never allow anyone to damage your history, tradition, language, religion, or way of life, says Rahul Gandhi in Meghalaya