Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) joined party workers in 722 districts across the country by organising padyatra at Kohima on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the launch of its leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.
Addressing the party workers before the padyatra, NPCC president Supongmeren Jamir said the main objective of the yatra was to tap into the issues faced by the common people and help alleviate them.
He said during the yatra, Congress workers would be meeting with grassroots people and seek their views, interact with them and understand them. PCC chief said that the idea behind the initiative, started by Rahul Gandhi, was to ensure that problems would be highlighted so people in the authority could address them.
During Bharat Jodo Yatra, he said Congress found that people throughout the country wanted a change. He said the party was getting to know the problems being faced by the people. Jamir expressed happiness that members turned up for the yatra voluntarily and were putting efforts in understanding the sentiments of the people.
The yatra started from Congress Bhavan and took a detour to Old MLA junction and later ended at the bhavan premises. Later “Bharat Jodo Sammelan” was held during which leaders from the various units including youth congress, students, legal cell and grievances cell took part and shared their observations and various programmes of the party.
In his closing remarks, NPCC working president Khriedi Theünuo alleged that BJP government, which had promised to implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in its manifesto, had been implementing it across the country. Asserting UCC was totally against Naga way of life and customary practices, he said it would therefore be harmful for the Naga society.
Taking a dig at the Prime Minister Modi, Theünuo said Modi remained silent over Manipur unrest and warned that the same treatment would also be meted to Nagaland in the event the state faced such situation.
In this regard, he urged that people to opt for Congress so that party comes back in power at the Centre and save the nation from further degradation. He further said Congress has begun its preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections next year. The yatra and the subsequent sammelan was attended by party workers and leaders.
Dimapur: Dimapur District Congress Committee (DDCC) organized a programme to commemorate the 1st anniversary of Bharat Jodo Yatra at Congress Bhavan, Dimapur on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference, former chairman of NPCC minority department Rajesh Sethi said that the historic Bharat Jodo Yatra’s motive was to fight against unemployment, hatred, inflation, economic inequalities, social injustices, centralization of political power and promote peace and harmony among citizens.
Attributing party’s victory in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, Sethi expressed hope that the Congress would repeat the same the upcoming elections in five states.
On BJP government’s purported move to change the name of “India” to “Bharat”, he said the move was to divert the minds of the people from real issues.
NPCC minority department chairman Javed Sarwar said that Bharat Jodo Yatra was not only about unifying people but understanding them. He said that Yatra provided people an opportunity to know each other.
Informing that Yatra would continue in every corner of the country, he appealed to the citizens of Nagaland to come forward and work together.
NPCC vice president W. Akum Yimkhiung said that the Yatra has impacted not only the people of India, but overseas also. He said Rahul Gandhi’s leadership qualities and political ideology earned him respect.
He said that Rahul Gandhi’s ability mingle with every section of society shows he was capable of being a leader, who listens to grievances and addressing them.
He also urged the members all the units in the state to work together in order to bring Congress party to power. He also appealing to the people to think for the future and choose the right leader.
NPCC spokesperson Er. Thomas said that Yatra was not a journey to show its structure but to bring change in the country. He said Congress would always be the voice of the nation and ready to fight for the citizens.
The programme was chaired by Tekhepfuli Mero, invocation was offered by Samuel Odyuo and welcome address was delivered by DCC president Kutoho Chishi. Party workers form different units under Dimapur attended the programme.