Ground Situation: Rahul Gandhi with party workers during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Kanyakumari on Friday. , Photo Credit: PTI
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Rahul’s Padyatra, Nitish’s Delhi visit, Kejriwal’s visit
Many of India’s leading political actors are on tour this week.
In the spotlight is the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, which is running 3,500 km from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu to Kashmir, a journey that will take about five months. The Congress hopes that the yatra will strengthen the party. Our Editorial on Travel argues that “Mr. Gandhi will have to find, motivate and encourage a Congress worker through this journey. The notion that non-governmental organizations and actors outside the Congress framework will propel his politics is erroneous and inaccurate.” Mr. Gandhi will have to convince the masses about his ability to lead a national transformation and also inspire party workers who have been crushed by one group of rootless pretenders after another for too long. And even traveling alone is.
**EDS: Twitter image posted by @ArvindKejriwalon, Sept. 6, 2022** NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during a meeting, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo) (PTI09_06_2022_000177B) | photo Credit: –
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who overnight changed partners from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in the coalition led by him Spent a few days in Delhi, met many leadersTo build his image of being a possible leader of the anti-BJP front in 2024. For the record, he ruled himself out as a possible leader of the opposition front. Mr. Kumar met AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI general secretary D. Raja and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Om Prakash Chautala. Mr. Chautala’s invitation to opposition parties, except the Congress and the Left, for a grand rally in memory of his father Devi Lal on September 25 is instructive in how regional parties influence coalition formation.
Mr. Kejriwal is in no mood to play second fiddle to anyone, whatever be the occasion. He has been campaigning hard to oust the Congress, the main challenger to the BJP in Gujarat. He also started his journey. As our report says, “AAP has maintained distance from the opposition faction inside and outside Parliament. In the recent presidential and vice-presidential elections, while the party voted with the opposition parties, it did not send any representatives to various opposition meetings, making it clear that it did not want to be part of any such grouping. goes. Congress. Also, AAP is trying hard to make a dent in BJP’s traditional Hindu vote bank.
On 31 August, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao visited Patna Meet your counterpart Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav. They said Bihar and Telangana were linked Because of the shared belief in the two rivers – the Ganges and the Godavari, known as the Ganges of the South.
While Mr Kejriwal and KCR have been trying to make inroads into the BJP bastions of Gujarat and Bihar, respectively, the party’s heavy-handed leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, have been paying special attention to Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana in recent days. have been Kerala will also see “double-engine”-driven growth If it supports the BJP in the state, Mr. Modi said in the state.
Speaking of travel and travelers, Adi Shankaracharya has a special place in Mr. Modi’s plans and Mr. Shah. Shri Modi paid homage and offered prayers at the Adi Shankara Janmabhoomi Kshetram, the birthplace of Adi Shankaracharya, in Kalady, Kerala. Born in Kerala, Shankaracharya traveled across the country and even outlined the territory of today’s India by establishing four peethas, or seats, to promote Sanatana Dharma in the south, east and south – Sringeri, Puri, Badrinath and Dwarka. marked. , North and West. According to Mr. Shah, Shankaracharya fought for Hinduism against conversion and successfully united Hindus. Last year, Shri Modi unveiled the statue of the sage Who took samadhi in Kedarnath.
Returning to the stories of our current travelers, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin praised Mr. Gandhi. Mr Stalin tweeted, “Today, my brother @RahulGandhi embarks on a journey to reclaim India’s soul, uphold the lofty ideals of our republic and unite the people of our country with love. There can be no better place to start the #BharatJodoYatra than Kumari, where the statue of equality stands. But Mr. Stalin is not putting all his eggs in the Congress basket. He also received Shri Kejriwal as a special guest at the inauguration of an education project. Earlier, Mr. Stalin visited the schools in Delhi that Mr. Kejriwal is trying to use as calling cards in other parts of the country. In Chennai, both the CMs were praising each other fiercely.
KOLKATA: TMC party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses during a rally to mark Martyrs’ Day in Kolkata, Thursday, July 21, 2022. July 21 is observed as Martyr’s Day in the memory of 13 Congress workers killed in police firing. An agitation against the then ruling Left Front government in Kolkata in 1993. (PTI photo/Swapan Mohapatra)(PTI07_21_2022_000195B) | Photo credit: Swapan Mohapatra
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said all regional parties are united to take on the BJP. Ms. Banerjee has also done Accuses Center of keeping Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina out of talks with her and West Bengal, West Bengal has been an idea of India’s Bangladesh policy. What is today Bangladesh and West Bengal were once part of the same political entity. The partition of Bengal, the partition of the country and then the partition of Pakistan, which led to the birth of Bangladesh as an independent country, are all reminders of the limits and dangers of nationalism.
federalism path
Karnataka government has issued a circular Mandatory use of Kannada during functions Organized by the State and Union Governments in the State. Congress leaders recently criticized the BJP government in the state for not putting up boards in Kannada during an event which was attended by Home Minister Amit Shah in Bengaluru.