Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra needed as country going through period of 'great injustice': Rahul Gandhi
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from here, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said this was needed as the country was going through a period of «great injustice» and asserted that a vision of India based on equitability, brotherhood and harmony will emerge from the yatra. This vision will emerge from dialogues during the yatra and it will have no place for hatred, violence and monopoly, he said and added that through this yatra, the Congress wants to listen to people's "Mann Ki Baat" and understand their pain.
Gandhi commenced the more than 6,700 km Manipur-to-Maharashtra yatra with a rally at a private ground here after offering tributes to martyrs of Manipur at the Khongjom War Memorial Complex.
With top Congress leaders on the dais, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, Gandhi explained the reasons for taking out the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra after his Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir march — Bharat Jodo Yatra — that ended January last year.
«Question arises why Nyay Yatra? Because we are going through a period of great injustice in India — social, economic and political injustice'. Injustice against the people of Manipur, the traditions of Manipur, but also injustice across the nation,» he said.
In the economy, monopolies are being built and a few people are getting access to all the wealth of the country, he alleged.
«One or two businesses have their fingers in everything and the large majority of businesses, small and medium businesses are being destroyed. Huge levels of unemployment and massive price rise is what the whole of India is facing,» Gandhi said.
