Kollam (Kerala) : Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress party's Bharat Jodo Yatra is a fight for fair wages, protection against exploitation and ensuring social society as Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra entered its Nine day with party leaders led by former party president started the march from Puthiyakavu on Saturday. As Congress had taken a day break on Thursday.
"Interactions with youth on unemployment & children from special school planned during the break at Kayamkulam," Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet. The yatra started at 6:40 am from Puthiyakavu in Kollam district today. According to Congress, the yatra will enter Alappuzha district after a march of 11 km in the morning session. There will be an interaction session with youth on unemployment during the break in Kayamkulam.
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The Yatra is in its Kerala leg and would traverse through the state for the next 13 days.
The 3,500-km march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir will be completed in 150 days and cover as many as 12 states. From Kerala, the Yatra will traverse through the state for the next 18 days, reaching Karnataka on September 30. It will be in Karnataka for 21 days before moving north. The Padyatra (march) will cover a distance of 25 km every day. (ANI)