The Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which entered its 35th day on Wednesday, traversed through Chitradurga district in Karnataka. Thirty-three “Bharat Yatris” pledged to donate their eyes to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.
Chitradurga (Karnataka): Congress’s Member of Parliament from Wayanad in Kerala Rahul Gandhi, who is on a Bharat Jodo Yatra, walked along with the families of those who donated their body parts, party sources said on Wednesday. His aim was to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.
The Congress’s Yatra, which entered its 35th day on Wednesday, traversed through Chitradurga district. Thirty-three “Yatris” marching with Rahul Gandhi decided to donate eyes. The organ donors, whose family members walked with Rahul Gandhi, included the National Film Award-winning Best Actor Sanchari Vijay who died in a road accident. Rakshitha, a student from Chikkamangaluru district, who sustained head injury after falling off a bus and Veda Manjunath who met with an accident on the Hubballi-Dharwad bypass highway.
In a post on his Facebook page, Rahul Gandhi said that he had the privilege of walking with the family members of those who donated their organs. He wrote: “It was not their age to go. Rakshitha, Veda and Vijay went too soon. Even in death, they gifted meaning and happiness to others by donating their organs to save lives. A beautiful gesture of love and sacrifice! It is the human spirit of care and compassion that we must nurture and cherish. It is too precious to be lost to the hateful and greedy ploys of a few.” Rahul Gandhi further wrote that he was proud that 33 Bharat Yatris pledged to donate their eyes from the beautiful land of Karnataka.
