Farooq Abdullah compares Rahul Gandhi to figure on high pedestal
Jammu and Kashmir, January 20: As Bharat Jodo Yatra is underway in Jammu and Kashmir, leader Farooq Abdullah compared the Congress MP with the Vedic scholar, Adi Shankaracharya.
This is for the second time during the foot march that Rahul Gandhi has been compared to a figure on a high pedestal -- first with Lord Ram and now Shankaracharya.
The octogenarian leader further said that the aim of this yatra is to unite India.
"The aim is to unite India. Hatred is being created in India and religions are being pitted against each other. The India of Gandhi and Ram was one where we were all one. This yatra is attempting to unite India. Its enemies are enemies of India, humanity and people," he added.
Adi Shankaracharya was an eighth-century Indian mystic and philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and made a significant contribution to unifying Hinduism by setting up four "mathas" across India.
Earlier, Congress leader Salman Khurshid had compared Rahul Gandhi to Lord Rama.
Khurshid said, "Rahul Gandhi is superhuman. While we are freezing in the cold and wearing jackets, he is going out in T-Shirts (for his Bharat Jodo Yatra). He is like a yogi doing his 'tapasya' with focus."
Supporters carried party flags and torch lights as the yatra marched ahead later in the evening (Thursday).
Farooq Abdullah, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut have participated in the yatra at the different locations.
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The Bharat Jodo Yatra that started from Kanyakumari in September is scheduled to end on January 30 in Srinagar.
- ANI
