Congress will launch an over 800-kilometer Assam march in conjunction with the Bharat Jodo Yatra

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• Nov 2, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

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Desk: Assam's chapter of the Congress party today announced the Assam edition
of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which will follow the main nationwide march that
party leader Rahul Gandhi has organised, in an effort to turn around its
political fortunes in the state and lay the groundwork for the 2024 state
elections.

The
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) planned this march, which would cover
834 kilometres as part of the party's mass contact campaign, from Dhubri in
lower Assam to Sadiya in upper Assam.

The
Assam march, led by APCC President Bhupen Kumar Borah, will begin on Tuesday
and aim to travel 834 kilometres across the state in 70 days. The Yatra will
begin in Golakganj in the Dhubri district, which is on the border between Assam
and West Bengal, and end in the Sadiya district, which is at the border between
Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

Several central leaders will attend
the Assam-specific Yatra in addition to all of the major state leaders of the
Congress. Rahul Gandhi won't be there, though, according to party insiders.

Congress hopes that this Yatra would
provide the party in the state the much-needed impetus ahead of the Lok Sabha
elections and Panchayat elections, which will be held next year. Congress is
troubled by a string of party stalwarts defecting to the BJP.