Congress leader Rajiv Shukla on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's claim that the slogan of "Pakistan Zindabad" was raised during Bharat Jodo Yatra was "false". "BJP is nervous. The allegation is false. No slogan of Pakistan Zindabad was raised during the yatra," Shukla said.
Congress leader Rajeev Shukla and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel reached Indore airport today to join the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Talking about the Yatra, Shukla said that the Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra would be successful like other yatras of past.
"Such yatras have never failed, be it Shankaracharya ji's yatra, Gandhi's Dandi March, Chandrashekhar ji's yatra, YS Rajasekhar's yatra, all have been successful," Shukla further said. A case has been registered in Chhattisgarh against Lokendra Parashar, BJP media incharge of Madhya Pradesh, who posted a video on his Twitter handle alleging that the slogan of Pakistan Zindabad was raised during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Shukla said that the BJP always does "fraud" and that is why they face FIR cases. BJP leaders alleged participants in Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra shouted slogans of 'Pakistan Zindabad' in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh.
Earlier on Friday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also claimed that "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans were raised and said that he has ordered a probe into the incident. 'Pakistan Zinabad' slogans were openly raised in the Bharat Jodo yatra. It's shameful, I've given orders to probe the...
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