The BJP had earlier said that its 3,229 MPs, MLAs, other elected representatives, and office-bearers will join the Gandhi Sankalp Yatra
Delhi: BJP president and Union Minister Amit Shah will flag off the party’s nationwide “Gandhi Sankalp Yatra” Today, with its leaders, including some Union ministers, scheduled to start the four-month drive from different parts of the country.
BJP officials said Shah addressed a meeting in Shalimar Bagh in the national capital Delhi before launching the yatra that aims to propagate ideals of the Mahatma Gandhi Father of the Nation that includes cleanliness, simplicity, use of Khadi and non-violence.
Many ministers observed it in different states and Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan undertaken a foot march in Bhubaneswar in Odisha.
The BJP had earlier said that its 3,229 MPs, MLAs, other elected representatives, and office-bearers will join the Sankalp Yatra.
All elected representatives were asked to undertake ‘pad yatra’ (foot march) for 15 days during the period.
BJP leader said they have organized different events for a year to observe Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary year. The Sankalp Yatra is scheduled to end on January 30 which is Gandhi’s death anniversary.
Amit Shah had asked party leaders at a meeting to cover at least 2 km on foot on October 2 and make the area from plastic-free.
PM Modi had asked the party MPs to undertake a 150 km ‘padayatra’ during the drive in their own constituencies.
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