Rahul Gandhi to sleep in container cabin for next 150 days

Congress party has started its 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari today, September 7. During the Yatra, party leader Rahul Gandhi will cover 3,570 km, all the way from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and sleep in a shipping container for the next 150 days.  

In what is being seen as a Congress' "masterstroke" to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government in upcoming 2024 elections, the grand old party is launching the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'.

As the party begins the nationwide Yatra, some pertinent questions arise about the lodging and flooding of Rahul Gandhi. However, the party has made it clear that he will not stay in any hotel but rather will complete the entire journey in a simple manner.

Rahul Gandhi is going to stay in the container for the next 150 days. Sleeping beds, toilets and air-conditioners are also installed in some of the containers. During the journey, the temperature and environment will differ in many areas. The arrangements have been made keeping in view the intense heat and humidity with the change of places.

"About 60 such containers have been prepared and sent to Kanyakumari where a village has been set up in which all these containers have been placed. The container will be parked in a new place every day in the shape of a village for night rest. Full-time Yatris who stay with Rahul Gandhi will eat together and stay close," said the sources.

Earlier today, Rahul Gandhi attended a prayer meeting at the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial in Sriperumbudur on Wednesday. Sriperumbudur is where his father Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in a bomb blast on May 21, 1991, while campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls.

After the prayer meet, Rahul Gandhi left for Kanyakumari where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will present him the Tricolour. The Congress leader will address a rally while officially kickstarting the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

The senior Congress party leader urged people to join the 'yatra,' adding that people should unite to make the country prosperous.

The yatra will proceed mainly through 12 states, including Himachal Pradesh, where Assembly polls are due later this year.