During the final phase of his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' in Gujarat, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the Swaraj Ashram in Surat and paid homage to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Following a four-day journey across seven districts of Gujarat, the yatra concluded in the state. Senior leader Jairam Ramesh announced that the yatra would resume from Maharashtra's Nandurbar district after a one-day pause.
Gandhi visited the Swaraj Ashram at Bardoli in Surat district and offered tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. “For a few minutes, he went to the Swaraj Nivas which was set up by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1922. It was a moment of inspiration for the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra amid injustice being meted out to farmers from different states gathered at DelhiHaryana border,” Ramesh said. Gandhi later left for New Delhi from Vyara in Tapi district after completing the Gujarat leg of the yatra, a mass outreach programme ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, covering more than 400 km in four days across seven districts of the state.