Bhopal: Cong's Bharat Jodo Yatra to enter Madhya Pradesh on Nov 20

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Congress's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' led by party leader Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Madhya Pradesh on November 20 and cover various districts of the state before entering Rajasthan on December 3, a party leader said on Sunday.

Speaking to reporters in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee chief J P Agrawal said the march is scheduled to enter the state from Burhanpur district on November 20.

Agrawal, along with former MPCC chief Arun Yadav and other Congress leaders, earlier inspected the areas where the yatra is scheduled to enter and reviewed the arrangements.

According to the available schedule as of now, the yatra will enter Bodarli village of the district from neighboring Maharashtra and move to other districts on November 22 after a day's rest, Yadav told PTI.

The yatra will enter Rajasthan on December 3 after passing through various districts of Madhya Pradesh, he said.

Earlier on Saturday, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath and leader of opposition in the state Assembly Govind Singh met the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan about the arrangements for the yatra.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra began on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. The yatra aims to cover 3,750 km from Kanyakumari to Jammu and Kashmir over a period of 150 days.