Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday slammed the Congress and said that Grand Old Party has become irrelevant and Bharat Jodo Yatra is just an attempt to save its existence.
Joshi responded to Jairam Ramesh's remarks that the government had suddenly agreed to curtail the session by a week so that "it's use of Covid-19 to defam and derail Bharat Jodo Yatra acquires a shade of respectability".
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Arun Singh on Thursday said that the party has halted its 'Jan Aakrosh Yatra' in Rajasthan in view of the COVID surge, and added that Rahul Gandhi should follow COVID guidelines or call off the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday took on the Centre for "conspiring" to stop Bharat Jodo Yatra, saying the central government which did not pay heed to Rahul Gandhi's precious advice during 2019 of the pandemic is now indulging in making excuses of the surge in Omicron cases.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that his Bharat Jodo Yatra is the 'Mohabbat ka dukaan' amid the existing 'nafrat ka bazaar' (market of hatred)in the country.
Acknowledging that Congress has committed "a lot of mistakes" in the past, Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that his party is presently "adapting to the situation of the country", and the rise of BJP and RSS is in a way helping the Congress to emerge in a new form.
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