Gandhi was accompanied by Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and other party leaders (Pic/Official Twitter handle of Congress)

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the BJP of spreading fear and hatred in the country, even as he asserted that India stood for "brotherhood, unity and respect" and that is why his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' was "successful" (Pic/Official Twitter handle of Congress)

Rahul Gandhi was addressing people at Sirhind before beginning Punjab leg of the Yatra (Pic/Official Twitter handle of Congress)

"An atmosphere of hatred has been spread in the country. The BJP and RSS people are dividing the country, putting one religion against the other, one caste against the other, one language against the other. And they have spoiled the atmosphere of the country," Rahul Gandhi alleged (Pic/PTI)

Gandhi had on Tuesday offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar after concluding the Haryana leg of the march in Ambala district (Pic/PTI)