Global Outlook

 The Congress party has announced its plans to undertake the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' starting from January 14, covering a route from Manipur to Mumbai over 67 days. This strategic move, led by prominent leaders including Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, aims to garner support for the party in the lead-up to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. According to details shared by the party, the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, formerly known as the Bharat Nyay Yatra, will traverse through 14 states and 85 districts, spanning the breadth of India from the east to the west. Rahul Gandhi, the former Congress chief, is slated to spearhead the march, and efforts are underway to finalize the specific route. In a meeting held on Thursday, top Congress leaders discussed the party's election strategy and the logistical preparations for the Manipur-to-Maharashtra yatra. This marks the second iteration of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, following the one conducted between September 2022 and January 2023. The upcoming ...

  Ashok Gehlot, the former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, faced criticism during a Congress review meeting for his decision not to replace sitting MLAs despite widespread anti-incumbency sentiments. The prevailing sentiment among attendees was that a more strategic selection of candidates could have potentially saved Gehlot's government. Gehlot defended his stance by citing the MLAs' support during a previous rebellion, but this justification failed to appease the majority at the meeting. Many participants pointed to the inadequate selection of candidates, noting that surveys had indicated strong public displeasure with most Congress MLAs. During the meeting, Rahul Gandhi disagreed with Gehlot's assessment that the Rajasthan Assembly polls had turned into a Hindu-Muslim battle due to the BJP's polarizing tactics. Rahul argued that divisive politics had a limited impact. Despite Rahul's attempts to convince Gehlot to replace approximately 40 MLAs, the former Chief Mini...

 Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Congress, spoke with a woman ragpicker as his Bharat Jodo Yatra passed through a town in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district on Saturday. She shared with him the difficulties she and her family were experiencing, including the lack of basic services like electricity and water. On Saturday, the Mr. Gandhi-led foot march's Madhya Pradesh leg entered its fourth day. The yatra started in the morning from Mortakka in the Khandwa district after stopping overnight. Mr. Gandhi encountered 45-year-old ragpicker Shannu and her family members while they were part of the crowd gathered by the roadside in Barwaha, Khargone. She explained to Gandhi during their conversation that she and her family were destitute and relied on rag-picking to make a living at various locations. The woman and her family said that no one was listening to them. She remarked, "My kids can't even go to school." Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress general secretary in ch...