Naveen Patnaik is the longest-serving chief minister of Odisha and, as of 2022, one of the longest-serving chief ministers of any Indian state, having held the post for more than two decades.
The Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by Rahul Gandhi, will cover approximately 23 kilometers in Delhi. After passing through Delhi for a day, the yatra will rest for about nine days before resuming on January 3.
A complaint has been registered in a Lucknow Court against former Congress President Rahul Gandhi for making "derogatory" remarks against Hindu nationalist and writer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in Maharashtra during his Bharat Jodo Yatra.