Rahul Gandhi insists India’s right-wing government is dividing the country along religious lines. Followers hope his cross-country march can save democracy.
On a cold, breezy afternoon in this city in the northern state of Punjab, a crush of people lined both sides of a the main road, pushing and shoving to get a better view.
The rally started on Sept. 7 in Kanyakumari, at the southern tip of India, and is supposed to conclude by the end of January in the disputed territory of Kashmir. Gandhi will have covered 2,175 miles, walking through 12 states. On many days close to 1,000 people are walking with him.
A homemaker with a husband who works as a driver at a car rental company, Devi, 45, is worried about rising costs. “The fuel has gotten expensive. The gas cylinder [for home heating] has gotten expensive,” she said. “These issues are being ignored … It takes courage to stand up with the message of peace in these troubled times.”“Is he here?” Devi asked a bystander. “I think so,” he responded and whipped out his mobile phone out to make a video call to his wife.
Rahul Gandhi, center in a white T-shirt, throws flower petals toward press photographers during a march in New Delhi. By journey’s end, he will have covered 2,175 miles and walked through 12 states. “It is particularly difficult during this biting cold,” said Shakeel Ahmed, 52, a Mumbai-based advocate and activist, who also started walking on Sept. 7. “The sanitation facilities for us are inferior. In one state, a cultural program was arranged. When I tried to enter, I was told it is only for Gandhi and his associates.”
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