PTI came up with over a 1000 words article that analysed how the unkempt big beard by Rahul Gandhi was one of the biggest achievements of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
While HD Deve Gowda of the JD(S) and Rajiv Ranjan 'Lalan' Singh of the JD(U) had written to Congress head Mallikarjun Kharge expressing their inability to attend the occasion, leaders of the Trinamool Congress, RJD, Samajwadi Party, and CPI(M) failed to attend too. Shiv Sena (Thackeray), NCP, TDP, BSP, RLSP, HAM, MDMK, and Kerala Congress also skipped the meeting.
At various stages during this Yatra, Rahul Gandhi went on to prove that the 50th attempt at his grand political launch ended up portraying himself as more miserable than ever.
Whipping up emotions against "outsiders" in Jammu & Kashmir, Rahul Gandhi said, "Earlier, locals of Jammu used to do business here. Locals of Jammu & Kashmir used to run Jammu & Kashmir. Today 'outsiders' are running it."