Now Tejashwi plans yatra in Bihar districts left out during Congress leader Rahul’s march: RJD sources

Patna: In the wake of just concluded Voter Adhikar Yatra of leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, RJD’s Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is now planning another march to cover the remaining districts that were left out during the fortnight-long Congress campaign, said a party official on Friday. The RJD is enthusiastic about the response the yatra received, and wants to maintain the momentum built, the party sources said.

Although the Congress yatra covered 1,300 kilometres, passing through over 110 assembly constituencies in 25 of the state's total 38 districts, the remaining 13 were left out of the route plan. Many districts not covered during the yatra are strongholds of the RJD, and the party wants to go there.


An RJD official said the party’s chief strategist, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, is planning to go on a yatra soon to Arwal, Jehanabad, Buxur, Kaimur, Kishanganj, Khagaria, Madhepura, Saharsa, Samastipur, Sheohar, Vaishali, Banka and Begusarai.

Among these districts, Jehanabad, Buxur, Kishanganj, Begusarai and Khagaria happen to be strongholds of the RJD, given the party's performance in the last assembly elections. The RJD won all six assembly seats under the Jehanabad Lok Sabha constituency in the 2020 assembly polls, while it baggedfive out of six seats each in Kishanganj and Buxur. Similarly, the RJD won four out of six assembly seats each in Begusarai and Khagaria LS constituencies.

What attracted everyone's attention, analysts said, was the rare unity displayed among the INDIA bloc partners during the Voter Adhikar Yatra, as they all travelled in one jeep, stayed at one place and addressed the public together. The INDIA bloc comprises the RJD, Congress, Left Front and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP). All leading opposition figures, Yadav, Left Front’s Dipankar Bhattacharya and VIP president Mukesh Sahani, accompanied Rahul throughout the yatra, which continued for a fortnight with three days’ break in between.