Cong yatra will set up Rahul as critical politician however single aim focus lacking in march: Analysts

By PTI

BHOPAL: Rahul Gandhi’s ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra will set up the Congress MP as a critical politician and supply him heft to tackle his formidable opponent BJP, however the cross-country march ought to have targeted on particular points to go away a long-lasting affect, in keeping with political observers.

The 3,570-km-long foot-march of the Congress, which began from Tamil Nadu on September 7, entered Maharashtra on November 7. The Gandhi-led yatra will attain the virtually midway mark after getting into Madhya Pradesh on November 20 within the Burhanpur district.

सब साथ आएंगे, देश बचाएंगे।
आज भारत जोड़ो यात्रा से जुड़े शिवसेना नेता आदित्य ठाकरे। @AUThackeray#BharatJodoYatra pic.twitter.com/OugUigv5p9

— Bharat Jodo (@bharatjodo) November 11, 2022

The said aim of the mass outreach programme is to revive, resuscitate and reinvigorate the Congress social gathering organisation.

Though Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath, who’s overseeing preparations for the yatra within the state, has maintained the route of the unity stroll has not been selected the idea of the social gathering’s energy or weak spot, observers stated the occasion could have long-term political implications for the nation.

“The yatra will have larger implications on Indian politics and will effectively dent the RSS/BJP’s orchestrated campaign to portray Rahul Gandhi as a non-serious politician in comparison to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” former Union minister Aslam Sher Khan stated.

The former India hockey participant and Olympian maintained the yatra is a Congress pushback towards what he referred to as “politics of divisiveness and polarisation” being performed by the Bharatiya Janata Party-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (BJP-RSS) mix.

Gandhi (52) has proved himself as a “serious politician” by sticking to his phrases of holding the Gandhi household away from the omnipotent put up of social gathering president regardless of immense stress from Congress leaders, Khan stated.

“By ensuring that the party’s presidential election was conducted in a democratic manner, Rahul Gandhi has proved he is a serious politician with long innings in Indian politics,” the previous Olympian stated.

The yatra will firmly cement the Lok Sabha MP’s place as a key politician who’s right here to remain, Khan said.

However, senior journalist and political analyst Girija Shankar argued the nationwide foot march, which is able to go on for practically 150 days and finish in Srinagar in January, isn’t producing the type of response that was anticipated.

“The Bharat Jodo Yatra is not focused on any specific issue and therefore, it is not generating the kind of response that such marches in the past had elicited. Gandhiji took out Dandi March or salt satyagraha with a focus on opposing British imperialism and therefore, it drew huge spontaneous support from citizens,” he stated.

Similarly, senior BJP chief LK Advani’s rath yatra in 1990 was solely targeted on mass mobilisation in favour of constructing a Ram temple in Ayodhya and it attracted an enormous response from individuals at the moment, Shankar identified.

“The Congress yatra should have focused on specific issues like communalism and combating hatred. That would have paid rich dividends to the party and could have attracted a huge response from common citizens,” stated the senior journalist.

After 2014, a 12 months which noticed the BJP coming to energy on the Centre with a full majority within the Lok Sabha, the political narrative within the nation has shifted from “Left of Centre to Right of Centre”, he stated.

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Senior journalist and creator Rasheed Kidwai felt the unity rally of the Congress is low on substance and sought to hyperlink it to the November-December Assembly polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, each at the moment dominated by the BJP.

“The Bharat Jodo Yatra is high on optics and low on substance. There are too many lofty principles linked to it which cannot be quantified or measured,” he said.

“Ultimately, a political party or its leadership is judged by the electoral success or lack of it. In this sense, Rahul’s yatra and Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh Assembly poll outcomes are interlinked even if the Congress does not want it that way,” Kidwai famous.

Social scientist CD Naik stated the cross-country march will play the function of a catalyst in uniting individuals against the BJP and its model of politics.

“The Bharat Jodo Yatra will definitely unite those who are politically opposed to the ruling party. But at the same time, it will also re-group those who are opposing this yatra,” famous Naik, a former professor on the Mhow-based Dr BR Ambedkar University of Social Sciences.

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Besides, it should unite on the psychological degree disadvantaged sections of the society as a result of they really feel uncared for by the ruling dispensation, he stated.

These sections might not get any materials profit out of the yatra, however they’ll definitely really feel nearer to points being raised by it, Naik stated.

Congress chief Nath insisted the yatra isn’t merely a political occasion and its broader goal was to guard India’s cultural range and the Constitution.

“The yatra is moving through places that are located between Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu) and Kashmir. While deciding the path of the yatra we had not thought about the party’s strength or weakness in any area,” stated the previous Madhya Pradesh chief minister.

The former Congress president is predicted to supply prayers on the well-known Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain and temples devoted to Lord Shiva in Omkareshwar city through the Madhya Pradesh leg of the march, the social gathering has stated.

The Congress MP from Kerala will go to B R Ambedkar’s hometown Mhow in Indore district and likewise the birthplace of tribal icon Tantya Bheel in Khandwa district’s Pandhana tehsil, it stated.

Congress staff in Madhya Pradesh are gearing as much as accord a grand welcome to Gandhi’s yatra on November 20 and can search to reap wealthy political dividends from the programme because it comes only a 12 months forward of the Assembly polls within the state.

BHOPAL: Rahul Gandhi’s ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra will set up the Congress MP as a critical politician and supply him heft to tackle his formidable opponent BJP, however the cross-country march ought to have targeted on particular points to go away a long-lasting affect, in keeping with political observers.

The 3,570-km-long foot-march of the Congress, which began from Tamil Nadu on September 7, entered Maharashtra on November 7. The Gandhi-led yatra will attain the virtually midway mark after getting into Madhya Pradesh on November 20 within the Burhanpur district.

सब साथ आएंगे, देश बचाएंगे।
आज भारत जोड़ो यात्रा से जुड़े शिवसेना नेता आदित्य ठाकरे। @AUThackeray#BharatJodoYatra pic.twitter.com/OugUigv5p9
— Bharat Jodo (@bharatjodo) November 11, 2022
The said aim of the mass outreach programme is to revive, resuscitate and reinvigorate the Congress social gathering organisation.

Though Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath, who’s overseeing preparations for the yatra within the state, has maintained the route of the unity stroll has not been selected the idea of the social gathering’s energy or weak spot, observers stated the occasion could have long-term political implications for the nation.

“The yatra will have larger implications on Indian politics and will effectively dent the RSS/BJP’s orchestrated campaign to portray Rahul Gandhi as a non-serious politician in comparison to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” former Union minister Aslam Sher Khan stated.

The former India hockey participant and Olympian maintained the yatra is a Congress pushback towards what he referred to as “politics of divisiveness and polarisation” being performed by the Bharatiya Janata Party-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (BJP-RSS) mix.

Gandhi (52) has proved himself as a “serious politician” by sticking to his phrases of holding the Gandhi household away from the omnipotent put up of social gathering president regardless of immense stress from Congress leaders, Khan stated.

“By ensuring that the party’s presidential election was conducted in a democratic manner, Rahul Gandhi has proved he is a serious politician with long innings in Indian politics,” the previous Olympian stated.

The yatra will firmly cement the Lok Sabha MP’s place as a key politician who’s right here to remain, Khan said.

However, senior journalist and political analyst Girija Shankar argued the nationwide foot march, which is able to go on for practically 150 days and finish in Srinagar in January, isn’t producing the type of response that was anticipated.

“The Bharat Jodo Yatra is not focused on any specific issue and therefore, it is not generating the kind of response that such marches in the past had elicited. Gandhiji took out Dandi March or salt satyagraha with a focus on opposing British imperialism and therefore, it drew huge spontaneous support from citizens,” he stated.

Similarly, senior BJP chief LK Advani’s rath yatra in 1990 was solely targeted on mass mobilisation in favour of constructing a Ram temple in Ayodhya and it attracted an enormous response from individuals at the moment, Shankar identified.

“The Congress yatra should have focused on specific issues like communalism and combating hatred. That would have paid rich dividends to the party and could have attracted a huge response from common citizens,” stated the senior journalist.

After 2014, a 12 months which noticed the BJP coming to energy on the Centre with a full majority within the Lok Sabha, the political narrative within the nation has shifted from “Left of Centre to Right of Centre”, he stated.

ALSO READ | Impact of Bharat Jodo Yatra already being felt: Congress’ dig at PM’s go to to 4 southern states

Senior journalist and creator Rasheed Kidwai felt the unity rally of the Congress is low on substance and sought to hyperlink it to the November-December Assembly polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, each at the moment dominated by the BJP.

“The Bharat Jodo Yatra is high on optics and low on substance. There are too many lofty principles linked to it which cannot be quantified or measured,” he said.

“Ultimately, a political party or its leadership is judged by the electoral success or lack of it. In this sense, Rahul’s yatra and Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh Assembly poll outcomes are interlinked even if the Congress does not want it that way,” Kidwai famous.

Social scientist CD Naik stated the cross-country march will play the function of a catalyst in uniting individuals against the BJP and its model of politics.

“The Bharat Jodo Yatra will definitely unite those who are politically opposed to the ruling party. But at the same time, it will also re-group those who are opposing this yatra,” famous Naik, a former professor on the Mhow-based Dr BR Ambedkar University of Social Sciences.

ALOS READ | Focusing Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi unlikely to attend Winter Session of Parliament: Congress

Besides, it should unite on the psychological degree disadvantaged sections of the society as a result of they really feel uncared for by the ruling dispensation, he stated.

These sections might not get any materials profit out of the yatra, however they’ll definitely really feel nearer to points being raised by it, Naik stated.

Congress chief Nath insisted the yatra isn’t merely a political occasion and its broader goal was to guard India’s cultural range and the Constitution.

“The yatra is moving through places that are located between Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu) and Kashmir. While deciding the path of the yatra we had not thought about the party’s strength or weakness in any area,” stated the previous Madhya Pradesh chief minister.

The former Congress president is predicted to supply prayers on the well-known Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain and temples devoted to Lord Shiva in Omkareshwar city through the Madhya Pradesh leg of the march, the social gathering has stated.

The Congress MP from Kerala will go to B R Ambedkar’s hometown Mhow in Indore district and likewise the birthplace of tribal icon Tantya Bheel in Khandwa district’s Pandhana tehsil, it stated.

Congress staff in Madhya Pradesh are gearing as much as accord a grand welcome to Gandhi’s yatra on November 20 and can search to reap wealthy political dividends from the programme because it comes only a 12 months forward of the Assembly polls within the state.