Lucknow
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who is unwell and hospitalised, said she will not join the party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra on Friday in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP), Chandauli district.
In a post on X, she has sent her best wishes to her brother and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders for the Nyay Yatra, and said she would join them as soon as her health improved.
The Rahul Gandhi-led Yatra is set to enter UP late on Friday evening. Priyanka was supposed to join her brother at Chandauli in UP after the Yatra entered the state from Bihar, sources said.
She said in a post in Hindi on X that she was eagerly waiting for the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra to reach UP, but was admitted to the hospital today due to an illness. She said she will join the Yatra as soon as she is better, and till then conveyed best wishes to all Yatris, her brother and colleagues from UP, diligently preparing for the journey reaching Chandauli-Banaras, Vadra.
Rahul is leading the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur to Mumbai. The Yatra is currently passing through Bihar. The Yatra will traverse through the state from February 16 to 21, and then again from February 24 to 25. According to the Congress, February 22 and 23 are rest days for the Yatra.
