Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra resumes in Chhattisgarh
Raigarh (PTI): The 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi resumed in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday after a two-day break.
Gandhi offered garland at Mahatma Gandhi's statue at the Gandhi Chowk here and the yatra further proceeded for Kharsia assembly constituency in the district.
A huge crowd of Congress leaders and supporters gathered at the square and followed Gandhi, who was in an open jeep accompanied by state Congress in-charge Sachin Pilot, state party chief Dipak Baij and Leader of Opposition Charan Das Mahant.
The yatra, a mass outreach programme, had entered Raigarh on Thursday from Odisha and after a two-day break it resumed on Sunday afternoon afternoon, a Congress functionary here said.
According to Congress leaders, the yatra will boost the morale of the party workers after the Congress suffered a massive defeat at the hands of the BJP in the state assembly elections held in November last year.
The yatra entered the state at Rengarpali check post in Raigarh district on Chhattisgarh-Odisha border on Thursday and Gandhi addressed a public meeting there.
Hitting out at the BJP, Gandhi had alleged that the ruling party's two-point programme is to encourage injustice and spread hatred and violence.
He had also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming he was not an OBC by birth as his caste "ghanchi" was included in the Other Backward Classes list in 2000 in Gujarat by the then BJP government there.
The yatra will cover 536 km in Chhattisgarh while passing through Raigarh, Sakti, Korba, Surajpur, Surguja and Balrampur districts before entering Jharkhand on February 14.
VIDEO | Congress MP Rahul Gandhi resumes his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ after a two-day break. Visuals from Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. pic.twitter.com/fWBotvHtr0
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Navdeep Singh's silver upgraded to gold in men's javelin throw F41 at Paralympics
Paris, Sep 7: India's Navdeep Singh's silver medal was upgraded to gold after Iran's Beit Sayah Sadegh was disqualified following a dramatic men's javelin throw F41 final at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday.
This is India's first-ever gold medal in the men's javelin F41 category.
Starting the competition with a foul, the 23-year-old para-athlete from Haryana, who had finished fourth at the Tokyo Games three years ago, came up with a throw of 46.39 metres in his second attempt, propelling him to the second place. But it was his third throw that electrified the stadium.
With a monstrous throw of 47.32 metres, Navdeep shattered the Paralympic record and surged into lead, only for Sadegh to better the Indian's mark and clinch the gold with a record-breaking effort of 47.64 metres in his fifth attempt.
However, the Iranian was disqualified some time after the end of the final, leading to the Indian athlete taking the top spot.
The F41 category is for athletes, who are of short stature.
