Congress to distribute 600 copies of Nehru's book on his birthday anniversary today

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said 600 copies of Jawaharlal Nehru’s book ‘Discovery of India’ will be distributed to the yatra participants on Monday, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of India’s first prime minister.

The Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi entered its 68th day as it resumed from Kalamnuri in Hingoli district of Maharashtra on Monday after a one-day break.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra took a one-day break in Maharashtra on Sunday. It proceeded from Kalamnuri in Hingoli to Washim on Monday.

“Today is 68th day of #BharatJodoYatra & also 133rd birth anniversary of Nehru. We are in Hingoli district & coincidentally a fine book on him in Marathi has just come out in addition to one in English & Hindi,” Ramesh said in a tweet.

(Mo)Distorians will continue to distort, defame and denigrate but Nehru continues to inspire & his relevance has only increased after 2014. 600 copies of Nehru’s iconic, The Discovery of India, will be distributed to Yatris today. It was brought by a volunteer who drove all the way from Delhi for 23 hours straight at a very short notice, he added.

Today is 68th day of #BharatJodoYatra & also 133rd birth anniversary of Nehru. We are in Hingoli district & coincidentally a fine book on him in Marathi has just come out in addition to one in English & Hindi. (Mo)Distorians will continue to distort, defame and denigrate… 1/2 pic.twitter.com/CYhCty9M3H

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) November 14, 2022