Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 27: Bharat Jodo Yatra has been resumed after 20 minutes of a brief halt on Friday at Qazigund in Banihal of Jammu and Kashmir after KC Venugopal alleged security lapse in the yatra. Rahul Gandhi was ferried out in a car after the senior Congress leader’s allegations.
Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal said “There is no security. We cannot allow Rahul Gandhi to go ahead without security. Even if he wants to walk, we can’t allow it. Senior security officers have to come here.”
Congress said that the Bharat Jodo Yatra has been stopped as the yatra has not been provided with further security. The leaders said that they will not start the yatra until further security has been provided to them.
Meanwhile, Congress in-charge J&K and Ladakh said, “J&K UT administration failed to provide security to Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi. Security lapses indicate unfair & unprepared attitude of UT administration.”
Earlier on Friday, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah joined Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra from Banihal in Ramban district as the foot march prepared to enter its Kashmir leg.
Abdullah joined Gandhi at the railway station and walked for about 2 km to the Truck Yard. The duo was joined by other senior leaders from the National Conference, including NC Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani and former NC minister Sakeena.
The yatra started from Kanyakumari on September 7 and entered Jammu and Kashmir via Punjab, whereas from Banihal, the yatra was supposed to enter the Kashmir valley through Qazigund and reach Anantnag district’s Khanabal area.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed this morning from Old Highway in Qazigund in Ramban district around 9.00 am.
