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| Tushar Gandi with Rahul Gandhi |
Writer and activist Tushar Gandhi on Friday joined Rahul Gandhi during the Congress' public relations program Bharat Jodo Yatra. Sharing a picture of the two from the trip, the Congress said that "Gandhi-Nehru have always come together to save the country in crisis," in an apparent reference to their lineage - Rahul Gandhi and Tushar Gandhi are great-grandsons of Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, respectively.
After starting from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on 7 September, the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Maharashtra in Nanded district on 7 November. It has so far covered Nanded, Hingoli, Washim and Akola districts of Maharashtra. The party has said that the yatra will enter Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh from Jalgaon Jamod in Buldhana district on the night of November 20 and break on November 21.
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at late Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar, saying he helped the British rulers and wrote mercy petitions for them out of fear. Casting doubt on his claims, Gandhi showed documents from 1920, including a letter written by Savarkar to the British.
Speaking to the media, Gandhi said, "I will read the last line, which says 'I beg to remain your most obedient servant' and it is signed by VD Savarkar, which shows that he helped the British. "
