Mandya, Oct. 6 -- Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Mandya, in Karnataka, triggering enthusiasm in party workers and supporters, with several women turning up to see the Congress President.

The Congress president, who has been unwell, and recently recovered from Covid, walked in the yatra for a few kilometres.

Sonia was out of India when the Bharat Jodo Yatra started.

The Congress president had said during the Udaipur chintan shivir that she would participate in the yatra.

The Yatra resumed Thursday after a two day break on account of Dussehra.

The yatra has so far covered over 600 kms in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.

The yatra will cover a distance of 3500 kilometres, crossing 12 states an...