Shankersinh Vaghela’s vanity van is being used as his ‘rath’ in Sardar Sandesh Yatra

Gandhinagar, 3 January 2012

Gujarat Congress today kicked off the second Sardar Sandesh Yatra from Gandhinagar district’s Mansa town.

All major Gujarat Congress leaders including the state party President Shri Arjun Modhwadia, former GPCC President and MLA Shri Siddharth Patel, leader of opposition Shri Shaktisinh Gohil among others were present on this occasion.

The yatra was launched from Vasania mahadev mandir in Gandhinagar district. Public meeting, attended by good number of party workers and people was held at Mansa. After death of sitting BJP MLA, the town of Mansa is going to witness an assembly by-election within next two-threee months.

Speaking in public meating, Vaghela promised insurance cover upto Rs 2 lakh for poor for treatment of any kind of illness if Congress comes to power in Gujarat.

Vaghela is using his permanently owned specially built vanity van as ‘rath’ for this yatra.

Vaghela’s Sardar Sandesh Yatra will reach central Gujarat’s Anand town on 13 January where other five yatras from other routes will arrive and meet in a public meeting.

Earlier on Monday, the first Sardar Sandesh Yatra led by minister of state in centre Shri Tushar Chaudhary was flagged off from Bardoli in south Gujarat. Total list of six yatras is presented below:

Departing date – departure place of yatra – last venue of yatra
2nd January – Bardoli – Anand led by Tushar Chaudhary
3rd January – Mansa – Anand led by Shankersinh Vaghela
4th January – Somnath – Anand led by Shaktisinh Gohil
5th January – Porbandar – Anand led by Arjun Modhwadia
5th January – Ahmedabad – Anand led by Narhari Amin
5th January -Ahmedabad – Anand led by Siddharth Patel and Bharatsinh Solanki