: Bharat Jodo Yatra Day 5: Congress leaders enter Kerala #IndiaNEWS #India Thiruvananthapuram: With Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra-led by party MP Rahul Gandhi entering its fifth day, the march arrived

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Bharat Jodo Yatra Day 5: Congress leaders enter Kerala #IndiaNEWS #India
Thiruvananthapuram: With Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra-led by party MP Rahul Gandhi entering its fifth day, the march arrived in its Kerala leg on Sunday.
The Congress leaders reached Parassala, a small town located near the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The 3,500-km march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir will be completed in 150 days and cover as many as 12 states.
From Kerala, the Yatra will traverse through the state for the next 18 days, reaching Karnataka on September 30. It will be in Karnataka for 21 days before moving north. The Padyatra (march) will cover a distance of 25 km every day.
According to Congress, the Bharat Jodo Yatra is being held to combat the divisive politics of the BJP-led Centre and to awaken the people of the country to the dangers of economic inequalities, social polarisation and political centralisation.
The Yatra includes Padayatras, rallies, and public meetings which will be attended by the senior Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Notably, all the party MPs, leaders and workers along with Rahul Gandhi are staying. Sleeping beds, toilets and AC are also installed in some of the containers. During the journey, the temperature and environment will differ in many areas. The arrangements have been made keeping in view the intense heat and humidity with the change of places.
The Congress suffered a debacle in the assembly polls held earlier this year and the Yatra is seen as an attempt to rally the party rank and file for the upcoming electoral battles.
Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi came under sharp attack from the BJP over a video of his conversation with controversial catholic priest George Ponnaiah on Friday during a break in Bharat Jodo Yatra with the party leaders asking if it is Bharat Jodo with Bharat Todo icons. Congress hit back and accused BJP of mischievous lies.
A video clip of Rahul Gandhis interaction with the Tamil Nadu pastor went viral, in which Rahul Gandhi can be heard asking, Jesus Christ is a form of God? Is that right? to which the Tamil Nadu priest George Ponniah replied, He is the real God. Ponniah goes on to say, God reveals him(self) as a man, a real personnot like Shaktiso we see a human person. Ponniah has a history of delivering provocative statements that have landed him in trouble in the past. He was arrested last year in July in Kallikudi, Madurai for allegedly making a hate speech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, DMK Minister and others.
Rahul Gandhi met him at the Muttidichan Parai Church, Puliyoorkurichy where he camped for a morning break on Friday.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla attacked Rahul Gandhi, George Ponnaiah who met Rahul Gandhi says Jesus is the only God unlike Shakti (& other Hindu Gods) He further said, Earlier he was arrested for his bigotry remark, when he said, I wear shoes because impurities of Bharat Mata should not contaminate us.

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