Will participate in Cong's Bharat Jodo Yatra: Sharad Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he will participate in the Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra when it enters Maharashtra as an attempt is being made through it to bring harmony in society.

Talking to reporters here, Pawar said state Congress leaders Ashok Chavan and Balasaheb Thorat had met him and extended an invitation to participate in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, a mass outreach programme, when it enters the state on November 7.

The NCP chief said, "The yatra is a Congress party programme. But through this initiative an attempt is being made to bring harmony in the society. So some of us from different parties will join the yatra wherever possible when it is in the state."


Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the yatra, has so far covered four states - Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The Yatra is scheduled to cover a distance of 3,570 km in 150 days. It started on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and will conclude in Jammu and Kashmir.

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