Bharat Jodo Yatra introduced idea of love in politics: Rahul Gandhi in Texas

Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, said that the Bharat Jodo Yatra introduced the idea of ​​love in politics. Gandhi was interacting with students at the University of Texas, Dallas, in the United States of America, on September 9.

“The reason [behind conducting Bharat Jodo Yatra] “The thing is that all avenues of communication in India were closed. No matter what we did, everything was closed. We spoke in Parliament. That is not televised. We went to the media, they don’t pick up what we say. We even went with documents to the legal system, nothing happened. So all our avenues were closed,” Gandhi said during an interaction at the University of TexasGandhi is on a three-day visit to the United States.

“For a long time we didn’t know how to communicate. Suddenly we had the idea that there was no better way to do it than to cross the country on foot. And that’s what we did…” he said.

Rahul Gandhi led two marches as part of Bharat Jodo Yatra. The first version, called ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, began on September 7, 2022, from the south in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, and concluded in the north inSrinagar, Jammu and Kashmir,January 31, 2023 after traveling 4,080 km, crossing 12 states.

The second version, the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from east to west, isIt started in January,14, 2024, from Thoubal in Manipur and covered 6,713 km across 15 states before culminating in Mumbai. March 16, 2024– four days before the scheduled completion date of March 20.

“But it turned out to be surprisingly easy. And it fundamentally changed the way I think about my work… It completely changed the way I look at politics, how I look at our people, how I communicate, how I listen. For me, the most powerful thing that happened organically was that we introduced, certainly for the first time in India, possibly for the first time in many countries, the idea of ​​’love’ in politics. And this is strange… because… [in] In the political discourse of most countries, you will never find the word “love”… You will find hate, anger, injustice, corruption… and the Bharat Jodo Yatra “In fact, he introduced that idea into the Indian political system and I have been amazed at how it has worked,” Gandhi told the students.

The Congress leader also said that India has to think about the act of producing and organising production. “India has to think about the act of producing and organising production. It is not acceptable for India to simply say that manufacturing or production is going to be the preserve of the Chinese… or Vietnamese“… or the Bangladeshis. Bangladesh is completely outperforming us in textiles, whatever the problems it is facing at the moment… We need to rethink how to produce in a democratic environment. Until we do that, we will face high levels of unemployment,” he said.

Talking about the problems faced by young people due to unemployment, the Rae Bareli The MP said that the act of production creates jobs, but India organises consumption, which is a cause for concern, he said.

“If you look at the United States in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, they were the center of world production,” Gandhi said.

“Everything that was manufactured – cars, washing machines, televisions – was manufactured in the United States. Production was moved from the United States… [then] To Korea, [from there] He went to Japan. Finally he went to China… China dominates world production. [In] India, the phones… the furniture… the clothes, [most are] made in PorcelainThat’s a fact. The West, the United States, Europe, India have abandoned the idea of ​​production and handed it over to China. The act of production creates jobs. What we, the Americans, the West, do is organize consumption. Uber, Foxconn, Mahindra“Bajaj organises production. They are the ones who create jobs…” Gandhi said.