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Heir to a long political dynasty, Rahul Gandhi has just completed a journey of nearly 4,000 km across India. A popular success that could “reshuffle the cards” during the 2024 elections, according to researcher Jean-Joseph Boillot.
“India will advance not through hatred and violence, but through unity and love.” These are the words pronounced Monday by Rahul Gandhi, under the snow, in Srinagar in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, at the end of his “Bharat Jodo Yatra” (march to unify India). In a context of deep division in Indian society, the former leader of the main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, heir to the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, initiated at the beginning of September 2022 a pedestrian journey of close 4,000 km across the country, preaching the unity of his people in the face of hatred. Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a Hindu nationalist party, came to power in 2014, tensions between the different religious minorities have intensified.
Inter-community violence is increasing, the press and political opponents are muzzled. There is a general decline in the rule of law in India. By this
