Akhilesh, Stalin, Soren to join Rahul’s poll yatra | India News

NEW DELHI: The ongoing ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ of Rahul Gandhi-Tejashwi Yadav is about to turn out to be a present of opposition unity, with senior netas of regional events scheduled to join the 16-day roadshow forward of its fruits in Patna on September 1.While Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin will join the yatra on Aug 27, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav might be a part of the present on Aug 30.Congress normal secretary KC Venugopal mentioned Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and different opposition netas may also join the yatra in coming days. Among Congress CMs turning up for the roadshow are Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah, Telangana’s Revanth Reddy and Himachal’s Sukhwinder Sukhu. MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra might be a part of the yatra for 2 days on Aug 26 and 27.The roadshow designed to take ahead opposition’s offensive of “vote chori” got here after a uncommon unity in anti-BJP ranks which even led to a washout of proceedings within the just-concluded Monsoon session of Parliament. The participation of non-Congress stalwarts is seen as a fillip for the agenda which might additionally ship out a message to BJP. Given that Bihar meeting polls might be introduced after a number of weeks, RJD and Congress additionally hope that it will increase the profile of the anti-BJP alliance and supply additional traction with the folks forward of the powerful contest.