Congress’ 835-km Bharat Jodo Yatra from Dhubri to Sadia began on Tuesday.
The march is against the “tide of hate, lies and economic misery” propagated by the ruling BJP.
According to the sources, after a public meeting attended by senior state leaders a few thousand joined the rally launched from Belguri school ground, including Assam PCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah, working PCC president Rana Goswami, CLP leader Debabrata Saikia, Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi and AICC general secretary in-charge of Assam Jitendra Singh, who handed over the Tricolour to Borah after flagging the rally.
At a massive public meeting in Belguri, PCC president Borah said the yatra was aimed at understanding the public’s mind about the ruling BJP and Congress by interacting with farmers, civil servants, workers and intellectuals.
Also, the Assam Yatra will touch 15 of the state’s 33 districts and may end in December.