Sarva Seva Sangh's Padyatra from Varanasi Rajghat to Delhi Rajghat Despite heavy rain, the padyatras continued to move forward, getting drenched.
October 3, 2025. Banaras: After a night’s rest at Saraswati Mahila PG College, Banaras, the padyatras departed for their next stop, Nagpur, at 8 a.m.
Around 100 padyatras from 16 states marched ahead with songs and slogans. While walking along the highway, they distributed pamphlets and detailed information about the padyatra’s objectives.
It had been raining heavily since morning, but the padyatra’s morale remained undeterred. Despite the drenching, they continued to move forward. At 12 noon, the padyatras reached Rohaniya Chowk, where they were given a grand welcome by the locals. Rohaniya Chowk was also home to the famous Gandhi Chabutra, which had been demolished by the government in the name of road expansion and has not been rebuilt yet.
The marchers then reached Daudpur village, where a meeting was held, where, in addition to the organizers, several marchers also shared their views.
The marchers explained that this march was undertaken with the aim of building a new India and a new world. They said that the values for which our freedom fighters fought are facing numerous challenges today. At such a time, this march is moving forward with a resolve to strengthen democracy, the Constitution, goodwill, and our liberal traditions.
Local residents reported that farmers’ land was taken for the international cricket stadium under construction, but they were not given adequate compensation.
Now, the government is destroying farmers’ ancestral villages to build a sports village, rendering them homeless, causing anger and ongoing protests.
Madhav Bavare, president of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti, addressed the gathering and provided detailed information about the organization’s work. He explained that the committee has been working for a long time to promote scientific consciousness and combat the hypocrisy spread in the name of religion. He said that there are similarities between the ideas of Gandhi and Dabholkar.
A female member of his organization said that superstition has the greatest impact on women. Therefore, his organization is constantly working to spread awareness and empower women.
The village women played a significant role in the event. They collected donations to arrange food for the pilgrims. All the local women were honored by the pilgrims.
The rain continued, but the pilgrims continued their journey with the slogan, “We will walk with one step of Gandhi, we will walk.” Later that night, the pilgrims arrived at the Lok Samiti Ashram, Nagpur, Raja Talab, where they rested for the night. Pedestrians and associates from 16 states across the country have joined this journey. Fellow padyatris from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and West Bengal are included in the group. Chandan Pal, President of the Sarva Seva Sangh, Ramdhiraj, President of the Uttar Pradesh Sarvodaya Mandal, Arvind Kushwah and Arvind Anjum, Ministers of the Sarva Seva Sangh, Ashok Bharat, Coordinator of the Sarva Seva Sangh Publications, Bhupesh Bhushan, Coordinator of the Youth Wing, Mihir Pratap Das, President of the Orissa Sarvodaya Mandal, and Nandlal Master, Coordinator of the Padyatra Organizing Committee, Dr. Somnath Rode, former Coordinator of the Sarvodaya Samaj, Sarita Behen of Vinoba Ashram, Gagoda, Shivji Singh of the Bihar Lok Samiti, Sushil Kumar of the Democratic Nation Building Campaign, Sachin of the National Youth Organization, Dr. M.H. Patil from Karnataka, Pavithran, Treasurer of the Kerala Sarvodaya Mandal, Diwakar, Srinivasan and A.R. Palanisamy from Tamil Nadu, Khadar Baig from Telangana, Rashmin Rathod from Gujarat, Jainul from Tripura, Shyamdhar Tiwari of Satyamev Jayate, Jiten Nandi and Kajal Mukherjee from West Bengal, and others participated. Manisha Banerjee, Jagriti Rahi, Anup Shramik, Vidyadhar, Jokhan Yadav, Sister Florine, Nidhi, Siraj Ahmed, Antaryami Baral, Jagdish Kumar, T.K. Sinha, Anokhelal, Chaudhary Rajendra, Suresh Yadav, politicians from the Jai Kisan Andolan, Sanjay Kumar, Rabia Begum, Gaurav Purohit, Priyesh Pandey, Vivek Yadav, Vivek Mishra, Saurabh Tripathi, Indu Pandey, Asma Adivasi, Diwakar Singh, Vikas Kumar, Pankaj Srivastava, Gopal RTI, farmer leader Ishwar Chandra Tripathi, social activist Ishwar Chandra, and others participated. Amit, Ramvachan, Asha, Soni, and Mainav were among those from the Lok Samiti.
Courtesy : Justice News