KANYAKUMARI: The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi has kicked off in Kanyakumari. Attending the function, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin handed over the national flag made in khadi to Rahul Gandhi. The Yatra will cover 12 states over about 150 days. The Congress is organizing the Bharat Jodo Yatra in view of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Ahead of the yatra, Rahul Gandhi paid floral tributes at the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial in Sriperumbudur.

A team, including senior Congress leaders KC Venugopal and Ashok Gehlot, is accompanying Rahul Gandhi on the yatra. Leaders including Rahul Gandhi will travel around 23 km daily in the yatra organized in two batches.