Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray marched beside Rahul Gandhi on Friday in Kalamnuri in Hingoli, where the march came throughout the day from the neighbouring Nanded district.


Aaditya Thackeray was accompanied by party members Ambadas Danve, the state Legislative Council's leader, and former MLA Sachin Ahir. They went with Gandhi, who is conducting the cross-country foot march which has entered the 65th day. 


Rahul Gandhi and Aaditya Thackeray waved to the crowds gathered along the road.






Flowers were thrown on the marchers in Seni village, Ardhapur taluka, Nanded before the march entered the Hingoli district at Choramba Phata.


In Hingoli, a group of people who came to cheer on the march, including many ladies and children, even brought an elephant. 22 former troops were among those who stood along the route and chanted slogans in favour of the march and the adoption of 'One Rank One Pension' (ORO), PTI reported. 


"We feel the Congress can fulfil this demand (OROP)," former Army man Sahebrao Hone was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. 


Gandhi interacted with people along the march route.


Nationalist Congress Party leaders Supriya Sule and Jitendra Awhad marched in the march on Thursday. While NCP head Sharad Pawar was asked to join the yatra, he was unable to do so owing to illness.


Uddhav Thackeray, the head of the Shiv Sena (UBT), has also been asked to join the march on its Maharashtra leg.


After actress Pooja Bhatt, Bollywood actor Sushant Singh on Thursday took part in the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra.'


Speaking from the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra,' he attacked the BJP without mentioning its name. He attacked the BJP, claiming that some individuals in the country are inciting enmity. However, with all of these hate-filled politics, it is tough to pursue the road of love, and he also stated that Rahul Gandhi is on the same path, he said. 






The yatra, a mass interaction initiative of the Congress, will travel 3,750 kilometres before ending in Srinagar in January 2023.


(With Inputs From Agencies)