Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Congress president Sonia Gandhi joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra beside her son Rahul Gandhi and other leaders for a few kilometres in the Mandya district of Karnataka. A number of senior Congress leaders, including former chief minister Siddaramaiah and PCC president D K Shivakumar, walked along with the Gandhis.
As per the reports, security personnel had a tough time controlling the crowds which jostled to get a glimpse of the Congress president. This is the first time that Sonia Gandhi has joined a public event after recovering from COVID-19 earlier this year. The Congress president had contracted coronavirus twice and was also hospitalised.
The 3,570 km long Bharat Jodo Yatra began from Kanyakumari on September 8.
