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| LK Advani sets off on his sixth rat |
| LK Advani sets off on his sixth rath yatra
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| INDIA
, 11-October-2011
4:47:40 AM |
| The 84-year-old LK Advani is off on his sixth yatra; he will travel over 7000 km, through 23 states in 38 days. He began from Sitab Diara in Chhapra, where he arrived in a helicopter and was greeted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
On stage with him before he set off on his journey, on the birth anniversary of socialist leader Jaya Prakash Narayan, were Nitish Kumar and senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, among others. Mr Kumar flagged off the yatra and his participation helps Mr Advani prove that among allies of his party, he is the preferred public face of the BJP. Mr Kumar has in the past barred the BJP's Narendra Modi from campaigning in Bihar, mainly because Mr Modi has been accused of complicity in the communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat
At the Chhapra airstrip, where a large stage had been erected, Mr Kumar said he was glad Mr Advani had chosen Bihar to begin his yatra, said he supported the anti-corruption journey and used the opportunity to highlight the JD(U)-BJP government's achievements in Bihar. He then wished the senior BJP leader bon voyage and invited him to return to Sitab Diara to celebrate the success of his yatra.
Mr Advani returned the favour - hailed Nitish Kumar's governance. He then promised a landmark yatra that would create awareness, duly attacked the UPA government at the Centre saying it was taking the country backwards and, hands folded, said he was setting off on his yatra. Mr Advani is traveling to Patna first; he will then cross over into neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.
Mr Advani's new yatra is devoted to fighting corruption - though how his journey across roughly 7000 kilometres in 23 states will accomplish that is not entirely clear. "There has been a rise in public anger and there is no doubt that the reason for such anger is the governance of the UPA," he said yesterday. For weeks, the BJP has alleged that the union government,
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