The ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan’ is going to have ‘political packaging’, unlike the ‘apolitical’ Yatra, says the party. It aims to reach every household in the country over the next 2 months.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge sent invite to heads of parties this time, and not Rahul Gandhi. Ex-party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Democratic Azad Party has also been left out.
Freed of the burden of having led the party, Rahul has finally let his own personality emerge. He’s putting in the hard work required to change his image.
Rahul began Punjab leg of Bharat Jodo by visit to Golden Temple. BJP asked Sikhs to boycott yatra, Akalis sought apology from Gandhi for Operation Blue Star & 1994 anti-Sikh riots.
In this age of fleeting attention, flex speaks politics in 10 seconds. And Bharat Jodo Yatra has made its own contribution to this burgeoning flex economy.
A similar occasion was witnessed in November, on the occasion of former PM Indira Gandhi's birth anniversary, when only women walked with Rahul Gandhi during the yatra that day.
AK Antony’s advice for Congress to have a visibly ‘Hindu gesture,’ highlights the party's unease to deal with Muslims as legitimate political stakeholders.
I ask this question with some trepidation. But wherever the message of the yatra has reached, it has led to a de-escalation of local communal tensions.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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