A long march forward or last goodbye? Rahul Gandhi walks length of India to revive Congress party

The 150-day march will cover more than 3,500km

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi began an epic 150-day march on Wednesday seeking to “unite the country”, in what many analysts see as a last-gasp attempt to reinvigorate his Congress Party ahead of general elections due in 2024.

The march comes as the grand old party is struggling to keep itself afloat after a slew of election defeats in successive state polls, as well as the 2014 and 2019 general elections.

The Congress Party, which governed India for most of the seven decades prior to the BJP’s victory in 2014, is also grappling with a leadership crisis and has seen a series of desertions in recent months.