TNCC flags off Rajiv Jyoti Yatra by KPCC

Chennai, Aug 14: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) today took out a ''Jyoti Yatra'' from Sriperumbudur, the place where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber, to New Delhi to commemorate the late Prime Minister's birth anniversary, which falls on August 20.

The 'yatra' was flagged off by Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President M Krishnasamy at the Rajiv Memorial at Sriperumbudur, about 40 km from here.

About 150 Congress activists participated in the Jyoti Yatra which would reach his samadhi ''Veer Bhoomi'' at New Delhi on August 19 after traversing through Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, AICC member and KPCC Labour Cell Convener S S Prakasam said.

KPCC President Mallikarjun Kharge and senior party leaders like Mr Veerappa Moily and CWC member G Parameshwar were also present on the occasion.

After reaching Delhi, the KPCC activists would garland the statue of the late Prime Minister and take out a procession to the AICC headquarters.

On August 20, the workers would take out a procession at 0400 hrs in the morning and reach 'Veerbhoomi' at 0600 hrs, where the torch would be handed over to AICC President Sonia Gandhi.

UNI