Nava Raipur, Feb 26 (PTI) Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday mentioned 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 folks.
Addressing the Congress plenary session in Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Gandhi mentioned he needed everybody who joined the Yatra to really feel that they had been coming residence.
He recalled the incident in 1977 when his household was getting ready to depart their authorities lodging.
“There was a wierd environment in the home. I went to mummy and requested her what occurred. Ma advised me that we’re leaving the home.
“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 mentioned.
Rahul Gandhi mentioned he requested his mom Sonia Gandhi the place they’d go subsequent. “‘Nahi maloom’ (do not know) my mom mentioned. I used to be stunned. I used to assume it was our home.
“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 mentioned.
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 requested myself what’s my accountability… I got here up with an thought… I advised my folks this 20-25 ft space round me goes to be my home for the following 4 months. This home will transfer 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 mentioned.
The BJP, nonetheless, 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 advised reporters.
He mentioned 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 mentioned.
He mentioned Mallikarjun Kharge is the Congress president, however the entire occasion plenary is targeted on the members of the Gandhi household.
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