Lok Sabha Polls 2024 : Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra isn't a patch on its first version : 5 Points

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi concluded his 63-day long in Mumbai by paying tributes to Dr B R Ambedkar and reading the Preamble of the Constitution on March 16, the day the schedule for 2024 was announced. 

Rahul's sister and Congress general secretary accompanied the Wayanad MP on the yatra's last day.

The opposition INDIA bloc is on Sunday holding a rally at Mumbai’s iconic Shivaji Park kicking off the campaign for upcoming general elections. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister , Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, among others, are scheduled to take part in the event.

The east to west Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is the second version of Rahul Gandhi's march that 14 from Thoubal in Manipur and covered 6713 kms through 15 states before culminating in Mumbai on - four days before the scheduled end date, March 20.

The first version, called the Bharat Jodo Yatra , started on September 7, 2022 from the south in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, and concluded in the north in after covering 4080 kms, across 12 states.

The second march, primarily a bus yatra accommodating daily marches, covered more distance in a shorter period than the first march which was mostly on foot. Yet, it could not repeat the success of its first version, at least the optics of it. Here is why: 

The first march saw participation of many celebrities and political leaders walking a mile or two with Rahul Gandhi.

Personalities like actors, Pooja Bhatt, Amol Palekar, former Army chief Gen (Retd) Deepak Kapoor and former RBI governor participated in the yatra.

National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah, PDP's Mehbooba Mufti, Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut and NCP's Supriya