{"id":89710,"date":"2023-01-11T05:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T23:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/?p=89710"},"modified":"2023-01-11T05:02:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T23:32:05","slug":"rahul-gandhi-visits-golden-temple-punjab-leg-of-bharat-jodo-yatra-begins-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/rahul-gandhi-visits-golden-temple-punjab-leg-of-bharat-jodo-yatra-begins-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahul Gandhi Visits Golden Temple, Punjab Leg Of\u00a0Bharat Jodo Yatra\u00a0Begins Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amritsar, Punjab:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar today, a day before the start of the Punjab leg of his party&#8217;s Bharat Jodo Yatra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Amritsar airport in the afternoon after concluding the Haryana leg of the foot march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sporting an orange turban, the former Congress chief paid obeisance at the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By reaching Sri Harmandir Sahib, the faith in human values becomes even deeper. Sat Shri Akal!&#8221; he said in a tweet in Hindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rahul Gandhi also posted a few pictures on Twitter, where he is seen taking &#8220;parshad&#8221; and listening to &#8220;gurbani&#8221; during his Golden Temple visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0947, \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u0930\u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0938\u093e\u0939\u093f\u092c \u092a\u0939\u0941\u0902\u091a \u0915\u0930 \u092e\u093e\u0928\u0935\u0940\u092f \u092e\u0942\u0932\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0914\u0930 \u092d\u0940 \u0917\u0939\u0930\u093e \u0939\u094b \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0938\u0924 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u0915\u093e\u0932! \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RBMq0yyjk8\">pic.twitter.com\/RBMq0yyjk8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi\/status\/1612763710980001792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Gandhi was accompanied by Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa, local MP Gurjit Singh Aujla and other party leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Till Tuesday morning, several Punjab Congress leaders were not aware of Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s plan to visit Amritsar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh had told reporters in Ambala earlier in the day that Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra, will visit the Golden Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The way Sikhs were killed in 1984, the Congress never felt ashamed of it. I hope that during his yatra, he (Rahul Gandhi) will seek an apology from Punjabis for that heinous act,&#8221; Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal dubbed Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s yatra as a &#8220;drama&#8221; and slammed the Congress for the 1984 riots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amritsar, Punjab:&nbsp; Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar today, a day before the start of the Punjab leg of his party&#8217;s Bharat Jodo Yatra. Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Amritsar airport in the afternoon after concluding the Haryana leg of the foot march. 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