Bharat jodo yatra no magic wand, lots of work to be done: Rahul Gandhi

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said Bharat Jodo Yatra is a good first step for the party in connecting with the people but is “no magic wand” and there is a lot of work that needs to be done. At a press conference in Kothur during the Bharat Jodo Yatra passing through Telangana, he said the Congress stands for a certain vision of India and if it defends that perspective and fights for it, the party will naturally connect with the people.

Asked about his remarks at the Udaipur chintan shivir earlier this year that the Congress’ connect with the people had been broken, Gandhi insisted that he had stated that the connect had weakened. “The connect of the Congress party with the people has not broken in any way, but it has weakened. This is a good first step in connecting with the people, it (Yatra) is not a magic wand, but it is a good step,” the former Congress chief said.

“The Congress party is an idea. It stands for a certain vision of India. It stands for a certain perspective of where the country should go. If the Congress party defends that perspective and if it fights for that perspective, it will naturally connect with the people of India. So this is a good first step, but, I think, there is a lot of work that has to be done,” he said.