BJP leader L K Advani began his 38-day drive against corruption and black money today.
Dubbed as the Jan Chetna Yatra, the drive took off from Sitabdiara and was flagged off by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
At a public meeting at Gandhi maidan, Advani said: “I am formally launching my Jan Chetna Yatra against corruption and for bringing back black money stashed away abroad.”
Advani said: “Corruption should end in this country. There should not just be a change of leadership but also a change in the system.
“People have today lost faith in the potential that this country has. The biggest achievement of this yatra would be to restore that belief,” he said.
Advani said the inspiration for this yatra had come from the work carried out by Jayprakash Narayan.
The BJP leader claimed the yatra is aimed at good governance and clean politics.
According to sources, the yatra will go through 23 states and four Union territories. Advani, who is undertaking his sixth yatra, will visit the North-East, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu, Gujarat, the southern states as well as the poll-bound states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Goa.
The yatra is expected to cover around 7,600km and nearly 100 districts across the country.
Praising Nitish Kumar, Advani said the Bihar chief minister had brought about a sea-change in the state since the NDA government came to power in 2005.
Extending support to Advani’s yatra, Kumar said: “We don’t promise support only by words but also by deeds.”
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