Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President, A Revanth Reddy, launched the "Haath Se Haath Jodo" padayatra on Monday from Medaram village in Tadvai Mandal of Mulugu district. Revanth Reddy launched the padayatra after a puja to the tribal deities Sammakka and Saralamma.


On the first day of the walkathon, he took part together with Seethakka, a local Congress MLA, and hundreds of party members.


Speaking to the audience, Reddy promised to battle against and put an end to autocratic and feudal rule in the state by enlisting the help of the tribal fighters Sammakka and Saralamma. He claimed that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's rule resembles a monarchy.


He said the BRS government repeatedly highlights its welfare programmes. However, farmers continued to die by suicide due to indebtedness, unemployed youth are in despair due to the absence of job notifications, and poor applicants continue to wait for the double-bedroom housing promised by BRS, he said.


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Revanth Reddy would walk 20 to 25 km each day and interact with a cross-section of people along the padayatra route to cover 60 assembly constituencies in the state in phases in the next two months.


Congress MP Uttam Kumar Reddy and some other top leaders also launched rallies in their respective constituencies.


In Mahabubnagar, Adilabad, and other places, protests were also held as part of a padayatra demanding action against industrialist Adani over the scam. The protestors raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Adani, alleging that the government at the Centre is trying to shield the industrialist.


Congress leaders claim that Prime Minister Modi is shielding his best friend. They staged a protest against the Modi government's refusal to allow a debate in Parliament or to constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the scam.


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