Overview
- The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee announced on Monday that Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0 will begin on September 30 from Shikaripura and run for about 84 days across the 84 Assembly seats the party lost in 2023.
- The route covers 29 districts not included in Rahul Gandhi’s 2022 padayatra and will hold daily public meetings starting at 1 p.m. at each stop.
- State leaders named by KPCC president B.K. Hariprasad to take part include ministers Madhu Bangarappa, Rudrappa Lamani and Zameer Ahmed Khan along with other senior and district-level Congress figures.
- The party says the march is both a commemoration of Rahul Gandhi’s 2022 entry into Karnataka and a campaign tool to highlight perceived BJP shortcomings and alleged damage to the Election Commission.
- Organizers have set the start date and daily format but have not disclosed the final concluding event or confirmed participation by national Congress leaders, leaving key operational details open.