The Congress’ electrifying 14-day, 1,300-km ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ comes to a dramatic close in Patna today, with top INDIA bloc leaders joining forces with Rahul Gandhi in a powerful ‘Gandhi se Ambedkar’ procession. This high-stakes march, timed just before Bihar’s assembly elections, is set to expose what opposition parties call a blatant attack on voters’ rights.
Heavyweights like Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, CPI(ML)’s Dipankar Bhattacharya, CPI’s D Raja, CPI(M)’s M A Baby, Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut, NCP’s Supriya Sule, and TMC’s Yusuf Pathan and Lalitesh Tripathi will join the rally. The procession kicks off at 11:15 AM from Gandhi Maidan, where leaders will honour Mahatma Gandhi’s statue before marching through key city routes like S P Verma Road and Dak Bungalow Crossing, ending at B R Ambedkar’s statue near Patna High Court for a public address.
Patna is buzzing with vibrant posters of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and RJD’s Lalu Prasad, plastered across the city. The yatra, launched by Rahul Gandhi on August 17 in Sasaram, covered 110 assembly constituencies across 25 districts, spotlighting the controversial removal of 65 lakh names from Bihar’s draft electoral rolls. Opposition leaders slam this as a deliberate “assault” on democracy, following the Election Commission’s release of the deleted names, mandated by the Supreme Court.
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Congress leader Pawan Khera called the yatra a “sacred mission” uniting people across faiths to defend democratic rights. “This isn’t the end—it’s the start of a fight to save democracy,” he declared. With tensions rising and elections looming, this massive show of unity could reshape Bihar’s political landscape.
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