Chaos at Congress yatra in Bihar’s Araria, Kanhaiya Kumar leaves midway

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Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar to lead padayatra to highlight problems faced by residents of poll-bound Bihar



The incident took place near the SSB campus in Araria.The ‘Palayan roko, naukri do Yatra’ of the Congress kicked off from the Bhitiharwa Ashram in West Champaran district, the place from where Mahatma Gandhi had started his famous Champaran Satyagraha in 1917 on March 16.It reached Araria on the 15th day.Talking to reporters, Aria district Congress president, Zakir Anwar said, “Kanhaiya left the yatra as he had to go to Delhi for an important meeting with the party’s central leadership. The yatra continued even after Kanhaiya left the spot. He will join the yatra on Monday.”The yatra is a fight for the rights and employment of the youth of Bihar and it is also to check migration, he added.The yatra will traverse the state in three phases over 24 days and will end in Patna on the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar on April 14. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also expected to join the yatra for a day in one of the phases.



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