BJP creating hurdles for Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra: Congress

New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) The BJP is trying to create hurdles for the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra because the party is scared of it, the Congress alleged on Wednesday and asserted that the Rahul Gandhi-led march will begin on its scheduled date from Manipur.

Earlier in the day, the opposition party at a press conference here had said that the BJP government in Manipur had declined permission for starting the yatra from the Hapta Kangjeibung ground (Palace grounds) in Imphal.

However, the Manipur government, in an order issued later in the day, said it had approved the venue for starting the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra with “limited participants”.

During the press conference at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters, Congress general secretaries Jairam Ramesh and K C Venugopal released a pamphlet and launched a website on the Manipur-to-Maharashtra yatra, which is slated to begin on January 14.

The Congress also launched the ‘Nyay Yodhas’ campaign. Under it, people by giving a missed call on a phone number can become volunteers for the yatra. They can also be involved in disseminating the yatra’s message after it ends.

The Congress is firm that the yatra will start from Imphal, Congress general secretary communications Ramesh had said and had added that details of the place from where it will start will be given later.

Ramesh and Venugopal had claimed that the BJP government in Manipur had declined permission to start the yatra from the Palace grounds in Imphal.