Stalin to hand over national flag to Rahul Gandhi ahead of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

Before the launch of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on September 7, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will take part in a prayer meeting at former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s memorial in Sriperumbudur and attend an event in Kanyakumari where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will hand over the national flag to him, sources said on Friday.

After the event at the Mahatma Gandhi Mandapam where Stalin will be present, Rahul Gandhi, along with other Congress leaders, will walk to the venue of the public rally where the yatra will be launched.

Gandhi will begin the 3,570-km ‘padayatra’ from Kanyakumari to Srinagar at 7 am on September 8, the sources said.