PrajaSankalpaYatra: A New Page, Seen Through The Lens Of History

Y Satyanarayana

As the commencement starts for the Leader of Opposition, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's half year long walkathon, named Praja Sankalpa Yatra, here's an a short recap of a portion of the colossal walks through time which have blended the creative energy of the general population. History is loaded with cases of men of the majority who have walked through urban areas, towns and towns to connect with the weakest of the feeble, and the most denied and minimized segments of society.

Mahatma Gandhi, previous Prime Minister P. Chandrashekar and the late Dr YS Rajashekhar Reddy are among the pioneers of this open effort program, who through their walkathons made immense effect on the majority. YS Rajasekhara Reddy's child and at present the pioneer of the Opposition in Andhra Pradesh, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, attempted, as he had guaranteed, his profoundly mainstream Odarpu Yatra to support the groups of the individuals who either dedicated suicide or kicked the bucket of stun after hearing the news of the grievous destruction of their cherished pioneer, YS Rajashekar Reddy. Despite the fact that different pioneers have taken up outreach projects, for example, padayatras or walkathons, not very many of them have left an enduring impact on the hearts and psyches of the general population. The one other occasion of a walk which changed the course of the historical backdrop of a country is the Long March of Mao Zedong in neighboring China.

The Dandi March

Mahatma Gandhi initiated his observed Dandi March in the early hours of March 12, 1930. He started walking from his ashram on the banks of the stream Sabarmati in Ahmedabad and drove a gathering of 78 satyagrahis, who were trailed by a great many others. Gandhiji walked through a separation of 241 miles and picked Dandi, a beach front town in Gujarat, for his representative breaking of the arrangements of the despicable Salt Tax. Trekking ten miles or progressively a day, he achieved Dandi on April 5,1930 and resistant got a chunk of salt to emblematically break the much-disdained Salt Tax.

Bharat Yatra
Previous Prime Minister P Chandra Shekhar, who had a place with an uncommon type of conferred Lohiyaites, looked to associate all the more intimately with the majority and dispense with social imbalances through his long Pada Yatra, Bharat Yatra, from Kanyakumari at the southernmost tip of the nation to Raj Ghat in New Delhi. His voyage took him directly through the nation over a time of just shy of a half year, finishing on June 25, 1983.

While numerous pioneers have embraced mass contact programs now and again, not very many emerge for the standing impression they made on people in general personality. Principal among walkathons which have left a permanent engraving on open awareness is the Praja Prasthanam Padayatra attempted by the late Dr. YS Rajashekar Reddy in 2003, which helped the Congress ride back to control in the Assembly surveys in 2004. It was in Chevella in Ranga Reddy region of unified Andhra Pradesh in the burning summer of 2003 that Dr. YSR started his long trek through the state, coursing through Andhra Pradesh covering about 1500 kms and consummation his marathon contact program in Ichhapuram in Srikakulam locale.

Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

A half year after his dad's passing, the present Leader of the Opposition in Andhra Pradesh and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy started an Odarpu Yatra (sympathy visit) as guaranteed prior to go and meet the groups of those had either dedicated suicide or kicked the bucket from sudden stun on the news of his dad's demise. This time around, YS Jagan's Praja Sankalpa Yatra will start on November 6 and will cover 125 Assembly voting public in 13 areas of Andhra Pradesh. The Padayatra will begin from Idupulapaya and close at Ichapuram, a town where his dad had finished his walkathon in 2003. It is important to review that Dr. YSR's little girl Sharmila, embraced a long padayatra- - Maro Praja Prasthanam, throughout which she visited 116 voting public in 14 areas covering a separation of 3,112 kilometers over a time of nine months in the unified state.

In neighboring China, the Long March drove by Mao Zedong (1893-1976), which went on for a year from October 1934 to October 1935, set up him as the unchallenged supremo of the Communist party. At present, Nobel Peace Laureate and youngster rights' dissident, Kailash Satyarthi is driving what he has portrayed as the Bharat Yatra to Make India Safe Again for Children.