Mr. Ramesh asserted that there was a great deal of interest and energy amongst celebration employees for another yatra after the almost 4,000-km Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir journey that was carried out by Gandhi and ratings of Congress individuals from September in 2015 to January this year.
Mr. Ramesh informed PTI that an east-to-west yatra, most likely from Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh to Porbandar in Gujarat, was being thought about however its format might be a bit various from the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“There is a great deal of interest and energy. I likewise believe personally it is required however the format of the east-to-west yatra might end up being various from the format of the south-to-north Bharat Jodo Yatra,” Mr. Ramesh said.
It might not have such a fancy facilities that was mobilised for the Bharat Jodo Yatra and might have less yatris, he said.
He said it would mostly be a padayatra however there are jungles and rivers on this path. “It would be a multi-modal yatra, however primarily it would be a padayatra,” Mr. Ramesh said.
He said that with elections in Karnataka in April, rains from June and once again state surveys in November, the yatra might need to be carried out prior to June or prior to November.
Mr. Ramesh likewise included that the yatra would be of a much shorter duration than the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
He said all this will be chosen in the next couple of weeks.
Addressing the Congress plenary session, Gandhi said the celebration ought to develop a brand-new strategy to continue the “tapasya” carried out through the Bharat Jodo Yatra which he together with the whole nation will take part in it, showing another such effort.