Congress to launch Rahul Gandhi yatra from private ground in Manipur

Congress declined on Friday the conditional permission granted by Manipur's BJP-led government for Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra to start from the historic Hapta Kangjeibung ground in Imphal with a limited number of participants. "We were told that not more than 1,000 people will be allowed at Hapta Kangjeibung ground. Late on Thursday, the Thoubal deputy commissioner gave us permission to flag off the yatra from a privately-owned plot at Khongjom," Congress' state president Keisham Meghachandra said.