'Official' Candidate' M Kharge Joins Rahul Gandhi's Foot March In Karnataka

Congress' Bharat Jodo Padyatra resumed from Halakundhi Mutt at 6:30 am today. Mallikarjun Kharge has joined the Yatra today. A public meeting is scheduled at 1:30 pm at the Ballari Municipal Grounds. Mr Kharge, who is reportedly being backed by the Gandhi family in the party presidential poll race against Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor was seen walking with Rahul Gandhi. It is for the first time that Mr Kharge, who had filed the nomination for the Congress president poll participated in the Bharat Jodo Yatra which is in his home state for more than 10 days.