Congress will conclude its 1,300 km Voter Adhikar Yatra in Patna today
- The Congress Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar will end with a padyatra at Gandhi Maidan in Patna
- About 100,000 people, including senior Mahagathbandhan leaders, will take part in the padyatra
- The campaign protests the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision drive, alleging collusion with BJP
The Congress' 14-day, 1,300-km-long 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' will conclude in Bihar's capital Patna on Monday, with several INDIA bloc leaders scheduled to join Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in a procession marking the culmination of the political programme that gained significance ahead of the assembly polls in the state.
Among those scheduled to participate in the 'Gandhi se Ambedkar' march are Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, CPI general secretary D Raja, CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, NCP working president Supriya Sule, and TMC leaders Yusuf Pathan and Lalitesh Tripathi.
कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री @kharge और नेता विपक्ष श्री @RahulGandhi का पटना एयरपोर्ट पर कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेताओं ने आत्मीय स्वागत किया।
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 1, 2025
आज श्री मल्लिकार्जुन खरगे और श्री राहुल गांधी यहां कई कार्यक्रमों में शामिल होंगे व जनसभा को संबोधित करेंगे।
📍 बिहार pic.twitter.com/BbGIzwcCPu
"The massive 'Gandhi se Ambedkar' procession will start at 11:15 am from the historic Gandhi Maidan, where floral tributes will be offered at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. After that, the procession will pass through SP Verma Road, Dak Bunglow Crossing, Kotwali Thana, Nehru Patah, Income Tax Roundabout, before reaching the statue of BR Ambedkar near Patna High Court. Senior opposition INDIA bloc leaders will pay tributes at the statue of BR Ambedkar before addressing a public gathering," Bihar Congress media department head Rajesh Rathod told reporters.
Patna is decked with posters of opposition parties welcoming the leaders from across the country.
वोटर अधिकार यात्रा 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/oTLphkOYr0
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 1, 2025
Colourful posters and banners of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and party leader Tejashwi Yadav, among others, were put up at important locations in the city.
Congress leader Pawan Khera had earlier likened the yatra to a "religious pilgrimage in which people of all faiths are taking part." He had said that though the yatra would culminate in Patna on September 1, it would not be an end but the beginning of a new journey towards protecting democracy.
The yatra, launched by Rahul Gandhi from Sasaram on August 17, aimed to highlight the alleged assault on people's right to vote through the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. It passed through over 110 assembly constituencies in 25 of the 38 districts of the state.
The opposition parties have been alleging that the deletion of names of 65 lakh people from the draft electoral rolls published as part of SIR was an "assault" on their right to vote.
The Election Commission (EC) had come out with the names of 65 lakh people who were removed from the draft electoral rolls.
The development came after the Supreme Court directed the EC to publish the deleted names by August 19 and file a compliance report by August 22.
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