Congress workers gathered outside the party headquarters on Tuesday morning and raised slogans in support of the party on the counting day for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.
Bahujan Samaj Party( BSP ) supremo Mayawati on Friday termed Congress' 'Bharat Dojo Yatra' a mockery of millions of families struggling with poverty and unemployment.
The brother-sister duo enthusiastically welcomed Akhilesh reminiscent of the 2017 UP assembly polls.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacks Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP government at the Centre.
Congress said that Rahul Gandhi was given prior permission to visit the temple but was stopped when he reached there.
Gandhi said, "I think it is important the police manages the crowd so that we can do the yatra. It's very difficult for me to go against what my security people are recommending."
The footmarch started from Kanyakumari in September 2021 and will end in Srinagar on January 30.
The remark by the JDU principal general secretary came hours after his party said that it would not be participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra on January 30 despite being invited by the Congress.
PCC chief Vikar Rasool Wani said that after marching for 6 km, Rahul kept waiting on the highway for about three hours before the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police, Ramban, advised him to suspend the Yatra in view of the landslides. Rahul will now come to Banihal from Srinagar side to resume the Yatra to the valley on 27 January, Wani added.
According to senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, the yatra will resume on Friday at 8 in the morning.
