Gandhi Jayanti 2019: Rahul Gandhi leads padyatra to Rajghat in Delhi, slogans of 'Mahatma Gandhi Amar Rahein' heard

New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday led a ‘padyatra’ in Delhi with a large number of party workers following him to Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat. [caption id=“attachment_7439571” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leading the Gandhi Sandesh Yatra in Delhi. ANI[/caption] The ‘Gandhi Sandesh Yatra’ on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary began from the Delhi Congress office Rajiv Bhavan at Deendayal Upadhyay Marg and headed to Rajghat, about three kilometres away, with enthusiastic party workers waving flags and chanting the slogan ‘Mahatma Gandhi Amar Rahein’. Many youths sported Gandhi’s trademark spectacles and dhoti and walked with sticks in the march. For LIVE updates on Gandhi Jayanti 2019, click here A tableau of Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram and his iconic wooden spinning wheel was also part of the march. The march will conclude with an oath to be administered to workers and leaders by party president Sonia Gandhi at Rajghat. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likely to participate in a foot march in Lucknow to commemorate the Mahatma’s 150th birth anniversary.