Congress Leader Rahul At Fatehgarh Sahib Gurudwara
Before beginning the Punjab leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid obeisance at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib this morning. The leader sported a turban and wore a half-sleeved T-shirt to the place of worship. Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and other party leaders.
On Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amristar. According to the officials, the leader arrived at the Amritsar airport in the afternoon after concluding the Haryana leg of the yatra.
Rahul Gandhi was seen sporting an orange turban while praying at the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple.
While taking the twitter, Rahul wrote in Hindi, “By reaching Sri Harmandir Sahib, the faith in human values becomes even deeper. Sat Shri Akal!”
The leader also posted a few pictures on Twitter, where he is seen taking ‘parshad’ and listening to ‘gurbani’ during his Golden Temple visit.
Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa, local MP Gurjit Singh Aujla and other party leaders.
Till Tuesday morning, several Punjab Congress leaders were not aware of Rahul Gandhi’s plan to visit Amritsar.
Speaking to the media, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said that Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra, will visit the Golden Temple in the morning.
According to the schedule of the Punjab-leg of the yatra, it will start from Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib and pass through Mandi Gobindgarh, Khanna, Sahnewal, Ludhiana, Goraya, Phagwara, Jalandhar, Dasyua and Mukerian. A rally will be held at Pathankot on January 19 before the yatra enters Jammu and Kashmir, said officials.
Ahead of the Punjab leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) targeted the Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
“The way Sikhs were killed in 1984, the Congress never felt ashamed of it. I hope that during his yatra, he (Rahul Gandhi) will seek an apology from Punjabis for that heinous act,” Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma said.
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal dubbed Rahul Gandhi’s yatra as a “drama” and slammed the Congress for the 1984 riots.
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