New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that mother Sonia Gandhi’s speech in Raebareli was an emotional moment for him.
Rahul Gandhi, who is Congress’s Lok Sabha candidate from Raebareli, shared a video of Sonia Gandhi’s speech and said “This moment was very emotional for me! Today mother handed over the flag of 100 years of service tradition of Raebareli to me with confidence. I accept this responsibility with pride and promise that I will respect every word my mother says.”
Sonia Gandhi had said in Raebareli that she was handing over her son (Rahul Gandhi) to Raebareli and said, “Rahul will not disappoint you”.
She also thanked the people for giving her an opportunity to serve the region as an MP for 20 years.
“Everything I have is all given by you. So, brothers and sisters, I am giving you my son,” she said. She asked the people to consider Rahul Gandhi as their own like they had considered her as their own.
“Rahul will not disappoint you,” said Sonia Gandhi, as Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra stood by her side on the stage at a joint election rally.
“I taught the same lessons to Rahul and Priyanka which Indira Gandhi and the people of Raebareli had taught me. To respect all, protect the weak, fight against injustice for the rights of people. Don’t be afraid, because your roots of struggle and traditions are very deep,” she said.
Sonia Gandhi said, “Not only the tender memories of life, but also the roots of my family are connected to this soil for the last 100 years… this relationship as sacred as Mother Ganga is with the farmers of Awadh and Raebareli. It started with a movement and continues till today.”
Rae Bareli will go to polls in the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections on May 20.
