Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra push before Haryana wrap: Five reasons why

The 5 takeaways of the Gandhis’ ‘Haryana Vijay Sankalp Yatra’:

📌 Bharat Jodo effect: Gandhi is hoping to make the aforesaid effect arsenic the Bharat Jodo Yatra got, covering a ample swathe of country successful a shorter time, alternatively than holding aggregate meetings. The BJP anyhow is amended than Congress astatine arranging mega events, and the Gandhi campy possibly consciousness it is wiser to not vie with it connected this front.

📌 Unity picture: The BJP has been perpetually attacking the Congress implicit the hardly concealed discord betwixt its apical leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja. The Assembly spot of Naraingarh that Gandhi chose for the Yatra motorboat connected Monday has Shalley Chaudhary arsenic the Congress candidate. Chaudhary is simply a adjacent adjutant of Selja, the AICC wide caput and Sirsa MP.

Gandhi didn’t conscionable guarantee the beingness of some Hooda and Selja connected stage, on with PCC president Udai Bhan and different Congress leaders, but helium besides made them clasp each other’s hands arsenic a amusement of solidarity aft his code ended. There was a rousing effect from the assemblage astatine the gesture.

Last week, Selja, who was absent from the run for a noticeable play and was said to beryllium sulking, besides shared the signifier with Hooda and Gandhi successful Assandh.

A elder Haryana Congress admitted that the enactment wanted to show that determination is nary factionalism. “The BJP downplays divisions wrong its ain cadre – beryllium it Anil Vij, Om Prakash Dhankar, Rambilas Sharma, Rao Inderjit Singh and galore others – but keeps focusing connected the Congress implicit ‘constructive disagreements’ connected definite issues betwixt Hooda and Selja. Today, Rahul Gandhi showed it to everybody that some our elder leaders are together.”

📌 Not antiaircraft connected Priyanka: In their speeches, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, isolated from different BJP leaders, person been accusing the Congress of moving for “dalaals (agents)” and “damaads (sons-in-law)”. The notation was to Priyanka’s hubby Robert Vadra, who faces allegations of profiteering from improper allocation of onshore nether the Congress authorities led by Hooda.

“Rahul ji gave a reply to the BJP by ensuring Priyanka’s beingness connected the signifier successful Naraingarh,” a elder Congress person said.

Priyanka past campaigned successful Haryana up of the Lok Sabha polls erstwhile she participated successful a roadworthy amusement successful Sirsa with Selja and the past Congress MLA from Tosham, Kiran Choudhry.

📌 The way map: Gandhi’s Yatra covered Assembly segments that autumn nether the Ambala and Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seats. On October 1, helium volition clasp a akin Yatra opening from Bahadurgarh. Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda shall beryllium with him, too different elder Congress leaders. The Yatra shall beryllium covering the Assembly constituencies that autumn nether Rohtak and Sonipat Lok Sabha seats.

A bulk of these constituencies are represented by the Congress, with its sitting candidates contesting again for the October 5 polls. But Gandhi’s way besides covered Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s erstwhile constituency, Naraingarh, and existent one, Ladwa, from wherever the BJP person is contesting again.

📌 The last push: Party sources said Gandhi volition clasp 1 much Yatra, connected October 3 – the past time of campaigning successful Haryana. The details of the October 3 docket are yet to beryllium disclosed.

“Undoubtedly, the enactment got an immense boost aft the Bharat Jodo Yatra successful Haryana. The effect was disposable successful the Lok Sabha polls… There is an immense question successful favour of the Congress and the BJP’s ouster from Haryana is imminent,” says Hooda.