Rahul Gandhi Leads 'Nyay Sankalp Padyatra' From Mahatma Gandhi's Home to Mark Historic Quit India Movement
Congress Leader Commemorates India's Independence Struggle with Opposition Allies
Rahul Gandhi, a prominent member of the Congress party, began the 'Nyay Sankalp Padyatra' on Sunday morning, departing from Mahatma Gandhi's residence in south Mumbai, Mani Bhavan.
Along with Congress supporters, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, joined the foot march that will last until August Kranti Maidan, the site of the 1942 Quit India movement, which began India's fight for independence from British rule.
Rahul Gandhi was joined in the padyatra by members of a few constituencies of the Opposition INDIA group.
The Congress MP paid respects to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar at his memorial, "Chaityabhoomi," in central Mumbai on Saturday, capping off his 63-day "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra," and he recited the Preamble of the Constitution.
The yatra, a large-scale outreach initiative in advance of the Lok Sabha elections, had started on January 14 in conflict-torn Manipur.
In a show of strength, the opposition INDIA group will rally here on Sunday night. MK Stalin, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Tejashwi Yadav, the head of the RJD, and Akhilesh, the chief of the SP, are all expected to attend.
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