Bharat Jodo Yatra: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi also addressed the public rally amid heavy snowfall at the Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar.

Gandhi said that the approach that the government was following "by completely denying" that the Chinese have "taken our land" is extremely dangerous as it would give them the confidence to do even "more aggressive things".

The challenge from the Congress leader came nearly two days after he halted his padayatra alleging a security lapse during his rally.

Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi unfurled the national flag at the historic clock tower of Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar as part of the Kanyakumari to Kashmir 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'.

Bharat Jodo Yatra: Taking a 30-minute break at Sonawar, Gandhi drove to the Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters on Maulana Azad Road before heading to the clock tower, also known as 'Ghanta Ghar', to hoist the national flag.

Jaishankar on Rahul Gandhi: When asked about political leaders who lack confidence in India while speaking about the military standoff with China, EAM Jaishankar responded that there are some people in the Opposition who think in such a way that he finds hard to understand.

Speaking about the yatra, PDP president Mufti said the Bharat Jodo Yatra was like a 'breath of fresh air' in Kashmir as it allowed people to come out of their homes in numbers for the first time since 2019.

Rahul Gandhi, who had begun his Yatra from Banihal in Jammu region on Friday, crossed the Jawahar Tunnel into the Valley in Qazigund in a bulletproof vehicle and afterwards he could barely walk for another 500 metres due to surging crowd.

The Congress had alleged that the Jammu and Kashmir Police had withdrawn security around leader Rahul Gandhi in the wake of surging crowds during the foot march in Qazigund.

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The campaign will see participation from senior leaders as well as booth-level workers and they will highlight welfare schemes being run by the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government in the state.

Bharat Jodo Yatra: The yatra will enter Kashmir valley on Friday for its last leg before culminating in a rally in Srinagar on January 30. Ramesh said the yatra has passed through various districts of Jammu and covered almost 90 kilometres.

The same day, party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “the views expressed by Digvijaya Singh are his own and do not reflect the position of Congress. Surgical strikes were carried out before 2014 by the UPA government.

The Congress party had distanced itself from Singh's comments on Pulwama, including on the surgical strikes, terming his statement "personal".

The yatra, which started from Kanyakumari on September 7, entered Jammu and Kashmir from Punjab on Thursday and reached Jammu city on Monday.

The critical remarks from Singh came as Congress, since the start of the yatra, has been claiming that the incumbent government is fuelling hatred in the society and their yatra is meant to spread love and unite the society.

Sanjay Raut, who walked for nearly 13-km alongside Rahul Gandhi between Hatli Morh and Chandwal amid rain, said the BJP has spread a wrong notion about the Congress leader but this Yatra has busted all their myths about him.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi represents Wayanad in Lok Sabha. He praised the Wayanad district administration after it became the first Indian district to digitise tribals' documents.

Rahul Gandhi was seen with short-sleeved white t-shirts even while passing places like Delhi, Punjab and Haryana amid biting cold.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh recalled how Congress leaders and its government conspired to stop BJP's yatra and violence was on the rage in Jammu and Kashmir in the 90s.