Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he never had a home of his own and his attachment helped him make changes and connect with people in his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. Delivering a message to the Congress convention at Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Rahul said he wanted everyone participating in the yatra to feel that they are coming home. He remembered the incident in 1977, when his family was preparing to vacate their official residence.
The former Congress president said, “There was a tweeter in the house. I went to mother and asked her what happened. Mother told me that we are leaving this house.
He said, “Even in my sleep, I feel that this is our home. So, I asked my mother why we were leaving our house. Then, my mother told me for the first time that this is not our house but a government accommodation and now we will leave it.
Rahul said that he asked his mother (Sonia Gandhi) where he would go now, to which she said, “… ‘Not possible’, I was shocked.” I thought this was our house.
He said, “Even after 52 years, I do not have a house. Our family is in Allahabad and that too is not ours. I am living on taking 12 Tughlaq, but this is not my home.
Rahul then spoke about his yatra, which started from Kanyakumari on September 7 last year and covered 12 states and two union territories. The yatra concluded in Kashmir in late January.
He said, “When I moved ahead of Kanyakumari, I asked myself what is my responsibility… A thought came to my mind… I told my people that this 20-25 feet area around me is going to be my home for the next four months. This house will go with me.
Rahul said, “Whoever came here – whether rich or poor, old or young, from any region or state or other country, or even an animal…they felt that they were at home. came…and while leaving that place they felt that they were going to their home…the day I did this, the journey changed.
The BJP, however, took a jibe at Rahul, saying his remarks from the Gandhi family portray a ‘sense of entitlement’ as the responsibility mutiny has enjoyed.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “Rahulji used to think that the house and car he was using belonged to him. If you feel that government accommodation is your home, who can vacate it–that’s called a sense of entitlement.”
He said that Rahul has done his yatra now, but two BJP prime ministers spent their lives traveling in details and are happy about it as a publicity stunt.
Patra said, “After being 52 years old, he is attached to what should be his responsibility… After being in the presidency of the Congress… You and the Gandhi family have only one goal – power with responsibility. ”
He said that Mallikarjun Kharge is the president of the Congress, but the entire convention of the party is focused on the members of the Gandhi family.
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