Amid raging talks about wearing T-shirt in the winter during the Bharat Jodo yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that it is "not real" issue but the children, farmers and labourers of India, walking around without warm clothes during winter is the real issue.
Congress leader and former Union minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' has shown that the party continues to have a strong footing in the state despite recent electoral reverses.
"The Congress is talking a lot about Khadi. If Rahul Gandhi had so much love for Khadi then why he is roaming in a foreign-made T-shirt in Bharat Jodo Yatra. At least he should have worn khadi in viral videos of the event," Mishra said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national General Secretary, Arun Singh, on Wednesday termed the Veteran actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's recently held candid conversation a "media stunt".
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, on Wednesday, met with a delegation of Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Presidents Bhupen Kumar Borah to discuss the Assam leg of the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra and ways to strengthen the party in the state.
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi was on Wednesday admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the national capital for treatment of a viral respiratory infection, said hospital authorities.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday has launched 'Haath se Haath Jodo Abhiyan' in Dharamshala's Kangra district, calling the campaign an extension of Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Mavikala in Baghpat District in Uttar Pradesh today morning. Rahul Gandhi's look-alike Faisal Chowdhury who is a party worker from Meerut Congress also joined the Yatra today.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the Marghat Hanuman temple in the national capital ahead of the resumption of the Bharat Jodo Yatra which entered Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered its Uttar Pradesh leg on Tuesday, was welcomed by Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi in the state and said that she is proud of his elder brother.