By PTI
NAVA RAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stated he has by no means owned a home and famous that this expertise had helped him “change” his Bharat Jodo Yatra and join with the individuals.
Addressing the Congress plenary session in Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Gandhi stated he wished everybody who joined the Yatra to really feel that they have been coming residence.
He recalled the incident in 1977 when his household was making ready to go away their authorities lodging. “There was a strange atmosphere in the house. I went to mummy and asked her what happened. Ma told me that we are leaving the house. Till that time I used to think it was our house. So I asked my mother why we are leaving our house. Then my mom told me for the first time that it was not our house, but the government’s and we have to leave it now,” the Congress chief stated.
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Rahul Gandhi stated he requested his mom Sonia Gandhi the place they’d go subsequent. “‘Nahi maloom’ (don’t know) my mother said. I was taken aback. I used to think it was our house. 52 years and I still don’t have a house. Our family house is in Allahabad and that is also not ours. I live at 12, Tughaq Lane but that is not my house,” he stated.
Gandhi then spoke about his Yatra that was launched on September 7 final yr in Kanyakumari, traversing 12 states and two Union Territories, and concluded in Kashmir in January-end.
“When I moved from Kanyakumari, I asked myself what is my responsibility. I came up with an idea. I told my people this 20-25 ft area around me is going to be my house for the next four months. This house will move with me. Whoever comes here – be it rich or poor, elderly or young, from whichever religion or state or from abroad or even an animal. They should feel like they have come home and while leaving, they should feel they are leaving their home. The day I did it, the Yatra changed,” Gandhi stated.
The BJP, nevertheless, took a swipe at Gandhi, saying his remarks present the “sense of entitlement” within the Gandhi household because it enjoys “responsibility without power”. “Rahul ji used to think that all the houses and cars he was using belonged to him. If you feel that the government’s house is your house, who can evict us – this is called the sense of entitlement,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra instructed reporters.
He stated Gandhi undertook his Yatra solely now, however BJP’s two prime ministers spent their life crisscrossing the nation and studying about it as ‘pracharaks’. “After 52 years of age, he is thinking what should be his responsibility after giving up the Congress presidentship. Your motto and that of the Gandhi family is one – power without responsibility,” Patra stated.
He stated Mallikarjun Kharge is the Congress president, however the entire get together plenary is concentrated on the members of the Gandhi household.
NAVA RAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stated he has by no means owned a home and famous that this expertise had helped him “change” his Bharat Jodo Yatra and join with the individuals.
Addressing the Congress plenary session in Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Gandhi stated he wished everybody who joined the Yatra to really feel that they have been coming residence.
He recalled the incident in 1977 when his household was making ready to go away their authorities lodging. “There was a strange atmosphere in the house. I went to mummy and asked her what happened. Ma told me that we are leaving the house. Till that time I used to think it was our house. So I asked my mother why we are leaving our house. Then my mom told me for the first time that it was not our house, but the government’s and we have to leave it now,” the Congress chief stated.
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Rahul Gandhi stated he requested his mom Sonia Gandhi the place they’d go subsequent. “‘Nahi maloom’ (don’t know) my mother said. I was taken aback. I used to think it was our house. 52 years and I still don’t have a house. Our family house is in Allahabad and that is also not ours. I live at 12, Tughaq Lane but that is not my house,” he stated.
Gandhi then spoke about his Yatra that was launched on September 7 final yr in Kanyakumari, traversing 12 states and two Union Territories, and concluded in Kashmir in January-end.
“When I moved from Kanyakumari, I asked myself what is my responsibility. I came up with an idea. I told my people this 20-25 ft area around me is going to be my house for the next four months. This house will move with me. Whoever comes here – be it rich or poor, elderly or young, from whichever religion or state or from abroad or even an animal. They should feel like they have come home and while leaving, they should feel they are leaving their home. The day I did it, the Yatra changed,” Gandhi stated.
The BJP, nevertheless, took a swipe at Gandhi, saying his remarks present the “sense of entitlement” within the Gandhi household because it enjoys “responsibility without power”. “Rahul ji used to think that all the houses and cars he was using belonged to him. If you feel that the government’s house is your house, who can evict us – this is called the sense of entitlement,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra instructed reporters.
He stated Gandhi undertook his Yatra solely now, however BJP’s two prime ministers spent their life crisscrossing the nation and studying about it as ‘pracharaks’. “After 52 years of age, he is thinking what should be his responsibility after giving up the Congress presidentship. Your motto and that of the Gandhi family is one – power without responsibility,” Patra stated.
He stated Mallikarjun Kharge is the Congress president, however the entire get together plenary is concentrated on the members of the Gandhi household.