BJP created an environment of anger and hatred: Rahul Gandhi in Kerala

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticised the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the party has fostered a climate of hatred and anger that is not in the DNA of the country.

Gandhi made the remarks on the 10th day of the Congress's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Kerala's Cheppad on Saturday.

पिछले कुछ सालों में उन्होंने(भाजपा) देश में नफरत और गुस्से का माहौल पैदा कर दिया है। जिस चीज को वे बढ़ावा दे रहे हैं, ये हमारे देश और केरल के DNA में नहीं है: कांग्रेस सांसद राहुल गांधी, चेप्पड़, अलाप्पुझा #BharatJodoYatra pic.twitter.com/yY09MmXCah

— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) September 17, 2022

According to PTI, the yatra which began shortly after 6.30 a.m. covered a distance of about 12 kilometers before entering Alappuzha district for a break.

It resumed at 5 p.m. and went over 8 kilometers before ending the day with a public gathering in Cheppad.

Gandhi was joined by senior Congress leaders Kodikkunnil Suresh, K Muraleedharan, KC Venugopal, and state Assembly Leader VD Satheesan.

Earlier on Friday, Gandhi attacked the saffron party over India's unemployment rate, claiming that the NDA administration at the Centre was only concerned with safeguarding a few businessmen.

Taking a dig at BJP, the Congress leader said, “8 cheetahs have come, now tell me, Why didn't 16 crore jobs come in 8 years? There is a challenge for the youth, they will get employment.”

8 चीते तो आ गए, अब ये बताइए,
8 सालों में 16 करोड़ रोज़गार क्यों नहीं आए?

युवाओं की है ललकार, ले कर रहेंगे रोज़गार।#राष्ट्रीय_बेरोजगार_दिवस pic.twitter.com/QEFUF90lkm

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 17, 2022

Taking to Twitter, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote, “42 per cent of youth in the age group of 20-24 years are unemployed. Even before the pandemic, India had the highest unemployment rate in 45 years. For the past few years, youth have been celebrating September 17 as ‘National Unemployment Day’. #BharatJodoYatra Youth is moving in solidarity against the anti-Modi government.”

It should be noted that the 3,570-kilometer, 150-day-long 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' began on September 7 from Kanyakumari inTamil Nadu, and will end in Jammu and Kashmir.

The foot march, which began in Kerala on September 10, would cover 450 kilometers through the southern state in 19 days before entering Karnataka on October 1.