Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra: Rahul interacts with people on second day in Manipur

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi began the second day of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Sekmai in Imphal West district on Monday (January 15) and interacted with the people who had lined up along the route to greet him.

Starting the yatra in a custom-made Volvo bus, Rahul also walked for some distance meeting people and enquiring about their problems.

Several people, mostly women and children, had lined up along the yatra route and cheered on Rahul as his bus made its way along several busy areas here.

In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Day 2 of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra began bright and early at 7:30 am with the traditional flag hoisting by Seva Dal at the campsite. PCC President of Manipur @meghachandra_k hoisted the flag." "The yatra will move from Sekmai to Kangpokpi and then Senapati in Manipur before finally halting in Nagaland at night," he said.

The yatra began Sunday from violence-hit Manipur with Gandhi asserting that the party will present a new vision for India that will be based on harmony, brotherhood and equitability and devoid of hatred, violence and monopoly.

At a rally here to flag off the over-6,700-km yatra with which the party is looking to set the narrative for the Lok Sabha polls, Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting Manipur as it reeled under ethnic violence, and vowed to ensure justice for its people.

The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will pass through 100 Lok Sabha constituencies in 15 states. It will traverse 6,713 km, mostly in buses but also on foot, and culminate in Mumbai on March 20 or 21.