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some are not present for security reasons, the sources said. Twelve like-minded opposition parties will attend the closing ceremony of the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday, sources said today. Twenty-one people have been invited to the ceremony, but some are not present for security reasons, they said. The Trinamool Congress, the Samajwadi Party and the TDP are among the parties skipping the show.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led by Stalinist MP, Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) led by Tejashwi Yadav, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (Uni), Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena, ICC (M ), ICC, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), the Kerala Congress, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference headed by Farooq Abdullah, the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) of Mehbooba Mufti and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( JMM) from Shibu Soren will attend the ceremony in Srinagar.
Congress Secretary General Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also joined her brother Rahul Gandhi on Saturday for the Yatra, which resumed from the Awantipora village of Chersoo after being canceled on Friday due to an alleged security breach. People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti also joined the yatra at Awantipora.
The local police denied any security breach during the yatra. The region's Deputy Director General of Police (ADGP), Vijay Kumar, on Saturday dismissed the allegations, saying there were no security breaches during the campaign.
On Friday, Congress Speaker Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the "security breach" incident of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on January 27 and requested his personal intervention to ensuring proper security at the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir.
"We are expecting a big gathering to join the yatra over the next two days, as well as the ceremony to be held on January 30 in Srinagar. Many high-level leaders of Congress and leaders of other major political parties will attend the ceremonies that The events that will take place on January 30 will culminate,” Kharge said in his letter.
"I would be grateful if you would personally intervene in this matter and advise the relevant officials to ensure proper security until the climax of the yatra and ceremony on January 30 in Srinagar," the Congress speaker said in a statement in his letter to Amit Shah. .
The Kanyakumari yatra in Kashmir started from the southern tip of the country on September 7 and ends on January 30 in Srinagar, having covered 3,970 km, 12 states and two union territories in about 145 days.
