The cross-country foot-march has entered its sixty fifth day.
New Delhi:
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Friday joined the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ being led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi at Kalamnuri in Maharashtra’s Hingoli. The 2 leaders walked facet by facet whereas waving to the individuals lining the way in which.
“Bharat Jodo Yatra is way more than politics, it’s in regards to the concept of India,” Aaditya Thackeray informed NDTV after marching for 2 hours.
“That is for democracy, for nation, that is for concept of democracy. That is what vibrant democracy is about,” he added.
His celebration colleague and the chief of the opposition within the state Legislative Council Ambadas Danve accompanied Aaditya Thackeray inj the march. Former MLA Sachin Ahir joined in too.
Get together Chief Uddhav Thackeray has additionally been invited to participate within the march throughout its Maharashtra leg.
The cross-country foot-march has entered its sixty fifth day.
The gesture alerts closeness between the 2 events, with completely different ideologies, which agreed on a standard minimal program to type the now-removed Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities in Maharashtra.
A number of outstanding leaders have participated within the Rahul Gandhi-led march thus far. The Congress celebration has constantly maintained that anybody who agrees with the message of the Yatra — to face in solidarity with individuals from completely different communities throughout the nation — can be part of them.
Rahul Gandhi has additionally been attacking the BJP-led state authorities on Maharashtra dropping some huge initiatives to different states — a difficulty that Aaditya Thackeray has been constantly elevating.
Aditya Thackeray and Rahul Gandhi have come collectively at a time when a brand new authorities within the state will contest its first ballot after the Shiv Sena cut up and BJP backing rebels to convey down the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities. With the civic physique polls (BMC) and different Municipal Company elections forward, Aditya Thackeray’s go to may imply that the 2 events will contest these elections in an alliance.
When Chief Minister Eknath Shinde rebelled towards Uddhav Thackeray, he cited the alliance with Congress and NCP as one of many causes to take action. Despite the large political setback, it is noteworthy that Aaditya Thackeray has publicly reaffirmed his celebration’s relationship with the Congress, hinting at an ideological shift within the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).
Flowers had been showered on the members in Seni village in Nanded’s Ardhapur taluka, with the march coming into Hingoli district at Choramba Phata.
In Hingoli, a bunch of people that arrived to cheer the march, together with many ladies and youngsters, even introduced an elephant alongside.
Amongst those that stood alongside the route and shouted slogans in help of the march and sought implementation of ‘One Rank One Pension’ (ORO) had been 22 former servicemen.
“We really feel the Congress can fulfil this demand (OROP),” former Military man Sahebrao Hone informed information company PTI.
Mr Gandhi interacted with individuals alongside the route of the march.
On Thursday, Nationalist Congress Get together leaders Supriya Sule and Jitendra Awhad had taken half within the march. Whereas NCP chief Sharad Pawar was invited to hitch the yatra, he couldn’t take part because of ailing well being.
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