Congress cancels Bharat Jodo Yatra amid landslides in Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir (ANI): Due to poor weather conditions and landslides, the afternoon leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ramban and Banihal has been cancelled, informed Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday.

The yatra will resume Friday morning while thursday will be a rest day, he said. Taking to Twitter, Jairam Ramesh said, “Due to poor weather conditions and landslides in the area, the afternoon leg of #BharatJodoYatra in Ramban and Banihal has been cancelled. Tomorrow is a rest day and the Yatra will resume the day after, January 27th at 8 am.”

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra initially resumed from Bathi in Ramban today morning.

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New Delhi: In the first reaction to Anil Antony’s resignation from the party, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Anil is reveling in his day in the sun having ignored his duties to the party and the Bharat Jodo Yatra. In his dig, however, Jairam Ramesh did not mention his name. Neither did he mention the name of Chandy Oommen, whom he praised in his tale of two sons of two CMs from the same state.

New Delhi: Reacting to the resignation of former Union minister AK Antony’s son Anil K Antony from the Congress, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday said the grand old party should first think of “Congress Jodo”, instead of Bharat Jodo Yatra. Taking note of Anil Antony’s resignation from the Congress party, Poonawalla said that nothing has changed in the party since his exit.

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