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JAMMU: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led Bharat Jodo Yatra (BJY), would enter Jammu and Kashmir on January 19 as part of its final destination amid tight security measures in the Union Territory.
Congress spokesperson said grand welcome of Rahul Gandhi’s yatra is planned at Jammu and Kashmir’s enter gate Lakhanpur, near Maharaja Gulab Singh’s statue around 4.00 pm in the evening, where Jammu and Kashmir’s prominent social and political leaders including two former chief ministers, Farooq Abdhullah and Mehaboob Mufti, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, Member Parliament of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh are likely to join the march.
The flag handover ceremony will also takes place at Lakhanpur.
Gandhi, who started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, would culminate the rally in Srinagar on January 30 after covering more than 3000 kilometers across the country.
