Akola:

Leelabai Chitale, 93, who had participated within the 1942 Stop India motion, joined Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra for a quick whereas on Thursday. 

Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh tweeted a video message by Ms Chitale who joined the cross-country foot-march at Vadegaon in Balapur tehsil of Maharashtra’s Akola district.

“She desires that the yatra ought to concentrate on saving structure,” Mr Ramesh mentioned within the tweet.

93 वर्षीय लीलाबाई चितले से मुलाक़ात बेहद प्रेरणादायक रही। इन्होंने 1942 के भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन में भाग लिया था और आज महाराष्ट्र के बालापुर के पास #BharatJodoYatra में शामिल हुईं। वह चाहती थीं कि यात्रा संविधान बचाने पर फोकस हो। उन्होंने हमारे साथ एक सुंदर संदेश साझा किया। pic.twitter.com/3nB35weTxg

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) November 17, 2022

Within the video message, Ms Chitale mentioned, “I used to be twelve years outdated on August 9, 1942. Mahatma Gandhi had given the slogan ‘Do or Die’…. I and my two mates have been caught whereas shouting slogans (towards the British) close to a university.” “We have been simply 12, so we have been let off (by police) on the identical night. However my father and brother have been in jail for 3 and a half years. The nation didn’t get the liberty the way in which it’s instructed right now,” she mentioned.

Individuals from all strata of society and religions participated within the freedom battle, Ms Chitale additional mentioned, including that “these individuals (individuals within the Bharat Jodo Yatra) are attempting to avoid wasting the Structure.”