Child Rights Body Seeks Action Over Rahul, Cong Says Effort to 'Derail' March

The Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra began on 7 September and is set to cover 3,570 km from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.

Apex child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday, 13 September, asked the Election Commission (EC) to initiate necessary action and inquiry into a complaint against the Congress and senior leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly "misusing children as political tools" in the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Decrying the move, the party's general secretary Jairam Ramesh indicated that these were tactics to 'derail' the efforts of the march.

The NCPCR claimed that they have received a complaint alleging that Gandhi and the Jawahar Bal Manch are targeting children with political intentions and getting them involved in political activities.