In Puducherry, Rahul forgives father’s killers, takes purpose at BJP however stays off political disaster

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi landed in Puducherry on Wednesday amid political turmoil, along with his social gathering on the verge of dropping majority within the Assembly near the following Assembly elections. However, he made no point out of it and sought, as an alternative, to construct an emotional join with the locals by opening up on his father’s killers, saying he forgives them.
Asked what he thinks of the individuals who killed his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul stated he doesn’t really feel that he misplaced his father as violence can’t take something away from anybody.
“I don’t have anger toward anyone. Of course, I lost my father and for me, it was a difficult time. It feels like someone cutting your heart out. I felt tremendous pain. But I don’t feel any hatred or anger, I forgive them,” Rahul stated, including that his father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, continues to be alive in him.
The remark is important because it comes weeks after Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit avoided taking a name on the untimely launch of AG Perarivalan, a convict within the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The governor stated the President was the competent authority to take care of Perarivalan’s request for untimely launch.

The in a single day recall of Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has set the stage for an intriguing political slugfest within the Union Territory, with each the ruling Congress-DMK mix and the Opposition BJP-AIADMK alliance degree at 14 MLAs every within the 33-member House.

The fishermen neighborhood of Pappammal Kovil in Puducherry extends its warmest reception to Shri @RahulGandhi.#RahulGandhiWithPuducherry pic.twitter.com/uA15iUC7n8
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 17, 2021
However, Rahul Gandhi, who’s on a day-long journey to the UT, steered away from the fast-changing political developments as he visited Solai Nagar and interacted with the native fishermen neighborhood. The fishermen raised points they grapple with on a day-to-day foundation, urging the Congress MP to handle them.
Flanked by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and AICC in-charge for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Dinesh Gundu Rao, Rahul stated that for him, Puducherry is a house away from dwelling. He added that the fishermen are the ‘Farmers of the Sea’ and their rights must be protected.
“I have come to the land of Tamil people, I want you to talk to me in Tamil,” Rahul Gandhi informed the locals.
Turning to demonetisation and the financial hardships for the working class within the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rahul took purpose on the BJP-led Central authorities, saying, “The current dispensation is going after small and medium traders as it wants all businesses to be controlled by the corporates. Our stand is completely different. We want to safeguard the interests of small and medium businesses as they give strength to our country. Be it demonetisation, GST or the way this government handled the Covid-19 crisis, they were designed to weaken our small-time traders. What Narendra Modi wants is for two or three of his corporate cronies to control our seas, what we want is to let lakhs of our fishermen rule the waters.”
He later visited the Bharathidasan College for Women the place he was seen exchanging smiles and concepts with college students. Urging the scholars to ask robust inquiries to their leaders as it’s the solely means a nation can transfer ahead, Rahul additionally known as on girls to be financially impartial. He stated the society doesn’t prefer to impart classes on monetary independence to its girls because the second they perceive the significance of cash, they might look to earn a dwelling for themselves.

The college students Bharathidasan College for Women in Puducherry giving a respectful & rousing welcome to Shri @RahulGandhi.#RahulGandhiWithPuducherry pic.twitter.com/6Ys5BmTE3q
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 17, 2021
“Educating girls about cash and explaining to them what it means to be financially impartial are essential.
“You (women) should be able to earn your own money, you should be able to spend your money as that would make you independent. In our country, Lakshmi is worshipped as the goddess of wealth. How can we be a country that worships Lakshmi but doesn’t allow its women to be financially independent?” Rahul stated.
On the arrest of local weather activist Disha Ravi within the toolkit case involving the continued farmers’ protest, the Congress MP took a veiled dig on the ruling BJP, saying, “Throughout the country, people are being arrested for saying what they feel. I could be arrested for what I say here. A nation is built through the thoughts of its people. The thoughts translate into actions which, in turn, lend themselves to shaping the country’s character and destiny. If you are muzzling voices and scaring people into silence then you are destroying the nation’s character. No young man or woman in this country should allow themselves to be cowed down by anyone. Don’t surrender your power before anyone else.”

The Congress MP is scheduled to handle the social gathering cadres at a public assembly later within the day.