Sonia Gandhi announced a national Kashmir to Kanyakumari "Bharat Jodo yatra (Unite India march)" beginning on Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) this year. She also announced that phase-2 of the district-level Jan Jagran Abhiyan which had been launched earlier will resume a month later on June 15. Rahul Gandhi called for a revival of the party saying they had lost the connection with the people.