New Delhi: The Home Minister of Haryana, Anil Vij, said that adequate security arrangements have been made for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra's Haryana leg when it will enter its second phase on January 5, reported a news agency PTI. While talking to the media on Sunday, he said: "We are making complete security arrangements for him (Gandhi) in Haryana. We have sought route and stoppage information from them (the Congress) and asked the authorities to provide full security."
Notably, the yatra will enter the northern state from Sanauli Khurd village in Panipat district on January 5 evening. It will come from neighbouring state Uttar Pradesh to enter Haryana.
Presently, the Yatra is on winter break. However, it will resume tomorrow, January 3 from Kashmere Gate of Delhi and enter into Uttar Pradesh in the afternoon via the Loni area of Ghaziabad.
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The Yatra will resume from the Hanuman Mandir in Kashmere Gate at 10 am on January 3.
Earlier when the Yatra crossed through Haryana in its first phase during December 21-23, it covered 130 km It passed through districts such as Nuh, Gurugram, and Faridabad.
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A mass contact initiative of the Congress, the Yatra started from Kanyakumari on September 7 and covered Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Delhi in the first phase.
(With inputs from PTI)