New Delhi: A burqa-clad woman presented an idol of Lord Shiva to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra on Friday.
Taking to Twitter, Congress posted a photo of the woman gifting the idol to Rahul and captioned it ‘Ishwar Allah Tero Naam’.
It is to be noted that Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Haryana on Friday and is set to reach Delhi on Saturday.
As the foot-march resumed from Haryana’s Kherli Lala in Sohna, several people were seen joining the yatra holding banners and party flags.
Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi slammed the government on Thursday for making excuses to stop his Bharat Jodo Yatra, alleging that the Centre is scared of India’s truth.
‘It’s their (BJP) new idea, they wrote a letter to me saying Covid is coming and stop the Yatra. All these are excuses to stop this Yatra, they are sacred of India’s truth,” Rahul Gandhi said while addressing a rally in Haryana’s Nuh on Thursday.
It is to be noted that in a letter to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Union Health Minister asked them to follow the Covid-19 protocols during the ongoing march.
“Follow the COVID guidelines strictly during Bharat Jodo Yatra which is going on in Rajasthan. Use of masks-sanitiser should be implemented. Only vaccinated people should participate,” the Health Minister said in the letter.
“If following COVID protocol is not possible then the Bharat Jodo Yatra be postponed in the national interest, taking note of the public health emergency,” the letter further stated.
He further added that Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who took part in the yatra a few days back, had also tested Covid positive.