Bharat Jodo Yatra
| Date | 7 September 2022 – 30 January 2023 |
|---|---|
| Duration | 136 days |
| Location | India |
| Type | Padayatra, protest |
| Theme | Political movement, social movement |
| Organized by | Indian National Congress, Rahul Gandhi |
| Participants | Politicians, citizens, civil society organisations, political activists |
| Website | bharatjodoyatra |
Bharat Jodo Yatra (lit. 'Unite India March') was a mass movement which was held by the Indian National Congress ("the Congress" or INC as short form). Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi orchestrated the movement by encouraging the party cadre and the public to walk from Kanyakumari at the southern tip of India to the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a journey of 4,080 kilometres (2,540 miles) over almost 150 days.
According to the INC, the movement was intended to unite the country against the "divisive politics" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Government of India. The Bharat Jodo Yatra movement was launched by Rahul Gandhi and Tamil Nadu chief minister M. K. Stalin; on 7 September 2022. It was claimed that its main objective was to protest against the politics of "fear, bigotry and prejudice", and the economics of livelihood destruction, increasing unemployment and growing inequality. During the movement, the INC elected a new party president and also won a majority in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, its first majority it won by itself since 2018.