Rourkela, Feb 6: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' is scheduled to enter Odisha on Tuesday, party sources said.

Gandhi is expected to reach Biramitrapur, a small industrial town in Sundergarh district, in the afternoon.

Biramitrapur has been decked up with banners, cut-outs and hoardings of Gandhi. Senior State Congress leaders have gathered in Rourkela steel city, around 35 km from Biramitrapur, and there is a palpable enthusiasm among the people to have a glimpse of the Gandhi scion.

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After according a grand welcome to him, the state Congress will take charge of the yatra. It will move for around 10 km before a night halt in the Bija Bahal area in Sundargarh district.

Tomorrow, Gandhi will resume his yatra and undertake a 3.4-km-long padayatra from Uditnagar to Panposh Chhak in Rourkela city. He is scheduled to address the public at Panposh Chhak, before taking a lunch break at Bisra Munda Ground at Ranibandh. Thereafter he will resume his yatra from Ranibandh and address a rally at Rajgangpur., a senior party leader said.

According to his schedule, Gandhi will undertake another padayatra in Sundergarh town, following which he will address another public meeting, before retiring for the night at Amlipali Ground in Jharsuguda.

On February 8, Gandhi will resume his yatra from Old Bus Stand in Jharsuguda and later address a rally. After lunch, he will resume his yatra from Kanaktora in Jharsuguda and then enter Chhattisgarh.

In Odisha, the yatra will cover around 200 km in the two western districts of Sundergarh and Jharsuguda.

The yatra, which began in Manipur on January 14, entered Jharkhand from West Bengal on February 2. It will conclude in Mumbai on March 20 after travelling 6,713 km in 67 days, passing through 110 districts in 15 states.

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