‘Sadbhavana yatra' arrives

August 11, 2011 02:34 pm | Updated 02:34 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA:

Congress leaders paying tributes to the Rajiv Sadbhavana Jyothi at Andhra Ratna Bhavan in Vijayawada on Wednesday. Photo: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar.

Congress leaders paying tributes to the Rajiv Sadbhavana Jyothi at Andhra Ratna Bhavan in Vijayawada on Wednesday. Photo: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar.

The Rajiv Jyothi Sadbhavana Yatra, flagged off at Sriperambadur on Tuesday, reached the city in the early hours of Wednesday. The rally was flagged off by AICC secretary P. Sudhakar Reddy and TNCC president K.V. Thangabalu and it will pass through Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana before it reaches New Delhi and culminate at ‘Veerbhoomi' on August 20.

AICC member and the jyothi yatra committee chairman S.S. Prakasam, who is accompanying the jyothi (torch), along with 200 activists from all over the country, said that the yatra was flagged off at Sriperambadur, Tamil Nadu, entered Andhra Pradesh immediately and crossed Naidupet, Nellore, and Ongole before it reached Vijayawada late on Tuesday night. The torch was brought to the Andhra Ratna Bhavan on Wednesday morning. Congress activists under the leadership of city president Pyla Sominaidu paid tributes to the jyothi. The jyothi yatra would make overnight halts at Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Calcutta, Ranchi, Varanasi, Allahabad, and Agra before reaching New Delhi on August 19.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.