The second section of the 150-km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in Haryana is being seen as an try by the get together to regain its misplaced floor within the GT Road (NH-44) belt of Haryana.

The focus of this week-long foot march might be on the GT Road belt. Congress leaders, particularly these related to the Bhupinder Singh Hooda camp, are tenting in Panipat, Karnal and Kurukshetra districts for the previous few days urging individuals to affix the yatra in giant numbers.

As per get together leaders, the yatra will enter Panipat district from Shamli in Uttar Pradesh on January 5 and Rahul will deal with a rally in Panipat on January 6. During his six days keep in Haryana, Rahul will spend two days in Panipat and someday every in Karnal, Kurukshetra and Ambala districts earlier than the yatra enters Punjab on January 10. In Karnal, he’ll watch a kabaddi match and in Kurukshetra he’ll go to non secular locations and likewise be part of the “aarti” at Brahma Sarovar on January 8.

Political observers say the yatra is being thought of as an try to focus on the GT Road belt of the state, which was as soon as thought of a stronghold of the Congress. But now many of the seats from these districts went to the ruling BJP after the Modi wave swept the 2014 basic election.

“In the previous three meeting elections the GT Road belt of the state had performed a key position within the formation of the federal government within the state. Even the get together had improved its efficiency within the Jatland in 2019 however now the Congress has realized the necessity to shift its focus to GT street as nicely,” said a political observer and retired professor, Ramji Lal.

“Also, the elevation of Manohar Lal Khattar, a Punjabi as the chief minister by the BJP in 2014, had proved costly to the Congress in the Punjabi-dominated constituencies of the GT Road belt, now this yatra seems another attempt by the Congress to appease the non-Jats, especially the Punjabi community as well,” he added.

Even as all Congress leaders within the state are working arduous to mark their presence within the yatra, it needs to be seen whether or not the yatra will unite the get together management of the state. Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, his MP son Deepender Hooda and Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Udai Bhan held a number of conferences within the state to request get together staff to deliver hundreds of individuals to the Panipat rally.

Kiran Choudhry can also be holding assembly along with her supporters in several elements of the state and requesting them to make sure their presence within the yatra.

“We are enthusiastic in regards to the yatra as it’ll assist create a wave in favor of the Congress within the state. But it’s as much as the state management whether or not they may be capable of convert it into votes in 2024,” said Kiran Choudhry. On whether this yatra will unite the leaders of Haryana Congress, she said, “In 2005, the Congress had returned to energy in Haryana because it offered a united face and now the unity is should and all get together leaders ought to work for the get together as a substitute of themselves.” -projection.”