The third and fourth phase of Delhi Congress’ Nyay Yatra is expected to witness the participation from the senior leaders of the party including senior leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Mallikarjun Kharge among others, Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav said.
Speaking to Tehelka.com, Yadav said, “Rahul Gandhi and several other senior leaders Including Priyanka and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge will be joining the yatra immediately after November 25.” Most of these leaders are currently occupied in campaigns for Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly polls. While Priyanka is herself in the fray from Wayanad Lok Sabha, where a by poll is being held.
The Delhi Congress’ yatra has entered into the second phase today starting from Delhi’s Gokulpur area. Around 16 Assembly constituencies are expected to be covered in this phase.
The first phase of the month-long ‘Delhi Nyay Yatra’ began on November 8 from Rajghat which was concluded after covering 125 kms spanning 15 Assembly constituencies, on November 12.
The DPCC chief said that the experience in the yatra has been good and people in general are enthusiastic.
“The response from the yatra is good and people in general are enthusiastic. I have met several people during the yatra and heard their plight. They want change,” he said.
He said that the Congress party is in favour of uplifting street vendors and improving their conditions.
“We will be making provisions for street vendors where they will be allotted dedicated zones to improve their livelihood. We have already implemented this in Himachal Pradesh and we will definitely implement this in Delhi if we come into power,” he said.
The yatra aims to put pressure on the Aam Admi Party (AAP) government in the national capital on various issues in the run-up to the upcoming Assembly polls.
This march will pass through all the 70 Assembly constituencies in the city and conclude at Timarpur on December 4.
Speaking about the alliance with Aam Admi Party (AAP) for the upcoming poll in Delhi, he said that the party will not make a mistake again.
Considering the alliance a mistake he said, “We have faced consequences and we don’t want to make any such mistake again. There will be no alliance with AAP.”
He said that the AAP has come up with only 39 schools in these 11 years after promising 500 new schools in Delhi. “When we were in power, we identified around 80 to 90 sites where new schools were to be open but this government has come up with only 39 schools in these 11 years. We will also expose their hospital models,” Yadav said.
“If you ask people, the picture gets clear. People want change. I challenge Arvind Kejriwal to come with me to a rally and see what people want. I’m looking at the same change which happened in 2013, but that happened because of the public. So it’s more about people’s reaction and I am very hopeful,” he added.
Meanwhile, senior leader Jagjivan Sharma said that a ‘Health Card’ for every marginalized resident in Delhi is on the table. “We are thinking about the people of Delhi and we will include health cards for people under which treatment for them will be free upto Rs 25 lakh.”
Devender Yadav took over as the president of Delhi Congress in May this year.
The Delhi Assembly polls are due to be held in February 2025. Besides the ruling AAP, the BJP and the Congress will be in the fray.
Congress, which ruled Delhi for 15 years under Sheila Dikshit, has been facing continuous defeat for two previous terms with not even opening its account, in the year 2015 and 2020. The forthcoming polls are being keenly watched to see whether the party is able to secure a foothold in the city again.
