By PTI
NUH (Haryana): Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday stated the federal government is arising with “excuses” to cease the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, days after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya wrote to him to think about suspending the march if Covid protocols couldn’t be adopted.
The yatra, which began in Kanyakumari on September 7 and can conclude in Kashmir, is in Haryana, after protecting Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
“This yatra will go to Kashmir. Now, they have come out with a new idea. They wrote me a letter that Covid was spreading, stop the yatra,” Gandhi stated whereas addressing a gathering in Ghasera village in Haryana’s Nuh district.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by him entered the state via Nuh on Wednesday after its Rajasthan leg.
“Now, they are coming up with excuses to stop the yatra. Wear masks, stop the yatra, Covid is spreading, these are all excuses,” he stated.
Union Health Minister Mandaviya on Tuesday wrote to former Congress president Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to think about suspending the yatra if Covid protocols couldn’t be adopted.
Targeting the BJP, which is in energy on the Centre and in Haryana, Gandhi stated it’s petrified of the reality.
“Hindustan ki shakti say, Hindustan ki Sachai say, yeh log dar gaye hai, yeh sachai hai (they have got scared of power and truth of the country. This is the truth),” the previous Congress chief stated, including that “we do not want RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi’s hate-filled India.”
They try to unfold worry and hatred within the nation, he alleged.
Understand the character of Modi, when anybody stands towards him, be it, farmers who protested towards the now-repealed three farm legal guidelines, he begins working in the other way, Gandhi alleged.
“You recognise (him). Whenever anyone stands against him, Modi does not face him, (he) runs away and leaves the field,” Gandhi stated.
The BJP authorities can also be making an attempt to suppress the (opposition) Congress’ voice in Parliament and that is additionally a cause why this yatra was taken out, Gandhi stated.
The Winter Session of Parliament started on December 7 and can finish on December 23, every week forward of schedule.
“If we want to speak in Parliament or raise an issue such as the Rafale jet matter, demonetisation, GST (Goods and Services Tax) or regarding hatred spreading in the country, do you know what happens? The mic is switched off…keep on speaking, (but) no one will hear,” he stated.
“The TV camera’s direction is changed and the (Lok Sabha) speaker’s face is visible and the mic is switched off in Parliament,” Gandhi stated, and added that “this is why we had to take out this yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.”
The yatra has been happening for greater than 100 days and on this folks from all faiths, together with Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians, and males, ladies, and youngsters have taken half, he stated at Ghasera, which is also referred to as Gandhi gram as Mahatma Gandhi had visited it through the Partition and requested Muslims to not migrate to Pakistan.
The yatra has unfold the message of affection and brotherhood, the Congress chief stated, reiterating that he’s “opening a shop of love in the market of hate.”
“When a farmer faces a problem, entire India protects him, if a labourer faces any difficulty, then the entire country helps him out. We want such an India…We do not want RSS, Narendra Modi’s hate-filled India. Nobody wants it,” he stated.
This nation just isn’t of the coward however of the courageous, and this was proven by the yatra, which has accomplished 3,000 km, Gandhi stated.
“I did not walk alone. Thousands of people walked with me,” he stated.
This yatra has proven that this nation just isn’t petrified of anybody and “the day this country stands together, hatred and violence will come to an end,” the Congress chief stated.
The march began with the slogan ‘woh todenge, hum jodenge’, “but we have to go a step ahead and say, hum ‘unhe todne nahin denge’ (we will not allow them to break)”, Gandhi stated.
Senior Congress leaders together with Randeep Singh Surjewala, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Okay C Venugopal, Kumari Selja, Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan and Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav had been additionally current within the yatra.
The yatra on its second day in Haryana began from Malab village in Nuh and several other folks, together with kids, joined it because it handed via Ghasera and Sohna in Gurugram district. It will halt for the evening at Lakhwas Sohna earlier than transferring to Faridabad district on Friday.
Accusing the federal government of selectively choosing on the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh at a press convention right here stated Mandaviya’s letter to Rahul Gandhi over following Covid protocols within the march was primarily based on issues raised by three BJP MPs and never on the recommendation of consultants or scientists.
“If there is advice of experts or any protocol is to be followed on the advice of any medical health, public health or scientific institution, it becomes our responsibility to follow that. We will oppose a political protocol but not a scientific protocol,” he stated Congress common secretary in-charge communications Ramesh stated Mandaviya in his letter to Gandhi cited issues raised by three BJP MPs over the unfold of coronavirus.
“The letter is not based on any scientific advise or advice from experts, but on basis of letters of MPs, and the health minister suddenly writes to Rahul Gandhi,” Ramesh stated.
He asserted that every “Bharatyatri” participating within the yatra is absolutely vaccinated and “many have also got a booster dose.”
“There has not been a single case of Covid in the Bharat Jodo Yatra so far,” he stated.
NUH (Haryana): Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday stated the federal government is arising with “excuses” to cease the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, days after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya wrote to him to think about suspending the march if Covid protocols couldn’t be adopted.
The yatra, which began in Kanyakumari on September 7 and can conclude in Kashmir, is in Haryana, after protecting Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
“This yatra will go to Kashmir. Now, they have come out with a new idea. They wrote me a letter that Covid was spreading, stop the yatra,” Gandhi stated whereas addressing a gathering in Ghasera village in Haryana’s Nuh district.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by him entered the state via Nuh on Wednesday after its Rajasthan leg.
“Now, they are coming up with excuses to stop the yatra. Wear masks, stop the yatra, Covid is spreading, these are all excuses,” he stated.
Union Health Minister Mandaviya on Tuesday wrote to former Congress president Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to think about suspending the yatra if Covid protocols couldn’t be adopted.
Targeting the BJP, which is in energy on the Centre and in Haryana, Gandhi stated it’s petrified of the reality.
“Hindustan ki shakti say, Hindustan ki Sachai say, yeh log dar gaye hai, yeh sachai hai (they have got scared of power and truth of the country. This is the truth),” the previous Congress chief stated, including that “we do not want RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi’s hate-filled India.”
They try to unfold worry and hatred within the nation, he alleged.
Understand the character of Modi, when anybody stands towards him, be it, farmers who protested towards the now-repealed three farm legal guidelines, he begins working in the other way, Gandhi alleged.
“You recognise (him). Whenever anyone stands against him, Modi does not face him, (he) runs away and leaves the field,” Gandhi stated.
The BJP authorities can also be making an attempt to suppress the (opposition) Congress’ voice in Parliament and that is additionally a cause why this yatra was taken out, Gandhi stated.
The Winter Session of Parliament started on December 7 and can finish on December 23, every week forward of schedule.
“If we want to speak in Parliament or raise an issue such as the Rafale jet matter, demonetisation, GST (Goods and Services Tax) or regarding hatred spreading in the country, do you know what happens? The mic is switched off…keep on speaking, (but) no one will hear,” he stated.
“The TV camera’s direction is changed and the (Lok Sabha) speaker’s face is visible and the mic is switched off in Parliament,” Gandhi stated, and added that “this is why we had to take out this yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.”
The yatra has been happening for greater than 100 days and on this folks from all faiths, together with Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians, and males, ladies, and youngsters have taken half, he stated at Ghasera, which is also referred to as Gandhi gram as Mahatma Gandhi had visited it through the Partition and requested Muslims to not migrate to Pakistan.
The yatra has unfold the message of affection and brotherhood, the Congress chief stated, reiterating that he’s “opening a shop of love in the market of hate.”
“When a farmer faces a problem, entire India protects him, if a labourer faces any difficulty, then the entire country helps him out. We want such an India…We do not want RSS, Narendra Modi’s hate-filled India. Nobody wants it,” he stated.
This nation just isn’t of the coward however of the courageous, and this was proven by the yatra, which has accomplished 3,000 km, Gandhi stated.
“I did not walk alone. Thousands of people walked with me,” he stated.
This yatra has proven that this nation just isn’t petrified of anybody and “the day this country stands together, hatred and violence will come to an end,” the Congress chief stated.
The march began with the slogan ‘woh todenge, hum jodenge’, “but we have to go a step ahead and say, hum ‘unhe todne nahin denge’ (we will not allow them to break)”, Gandhi stated.
Senior Congress leaders together with Randeep Singh Surjewala, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Okay C Venugopal, Kumari Selja, Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan and Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav had been additionally current within the yatra.
The yatra on its second day in Haryana began from Malab village in Nuh and several other folks, together with kids, joined it because it handed via Ghasera and Sohna in Gurugram district. It will halt for the evening at Lakhwas Sohna earlier than transferring to Faridabad district on Friday.
Accusing the federal government of selectively choosing on the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh at a press convention right here stated Mandaviya’s letter to Rahul Gandhi over following Covid protocols within the march was primarily based on issues raised by three BJP MPs and never on the recommendation of consultants or scientists.
“If there is advice of experts or any protocol is to be followed on the advice of any medical health, public health or scientific institution, it becomes our responsibility to follow that. We will oppose a political protocol but not a scientific protocol,” he stated Congress common secretary in-charge communications Ramesh stated Mandaviya in his letter to Gandhi cited issues raised by three BJP MPs over the unfold of coronavirus.
“The letter is not based on any scientific advise or advice from experts, but on basis of letters of MPs, and the health minister suddenly writes to Rahul Gandhi,” Ramesh stated.
He asserted that every “Bharatyatri” participating within the yatra is absolutely vaccinated and “many have also got a booster dose.”
“There has not been a single case of Covid in the Bharat Jodo Yatra so far,” he stated.
