Rahul Gandhi Reveals Conversation With Sonia About Former PM Indira, Says 'My Mother Did Not Like When...'

Rahul Gandhi In Raebareli: Addressing a public rally in Raebareli, Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress has a 100-year-old relationship with Raebareli. 

Rahul Gandhi In Raebareli: Senior Congress leader and candidate from Rae Bareli, Rahul Gandhi, arrived in Raebareli on Monday for the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign. His sister and party leader, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, was also present when he reached Rae Bareli. Addressing a public rally in Raebareli, which is considered Congress’s bastion, the former Congress chief said that the grand old party has a 100-year-old relationship with Raebareli. 

While speaking at the rally, Rahul Gandhi mentioned his grandmother and former PM Indira Gandhi, and his mother, Sonia Gandhi, saying that Sonia Gandhi did not like it when he called Indira Gandhi his second mother while having a conversation with her. The Wayanad MP asserted that he is contesting from the Raebareli seat as this is the 'karma-bhoomi' of both of his mothers.

"...Ours is a 100-year-old relationship with Raebareli. A few days ago, when I was sitting with my mother, I told her that I said in a video that I have two mothers - Sonia ji and Indira ji. My mother did not like this, but I explained to her that a mother is the one who shows the path to the child and also protects her. Both my mother and Indira Ji did this for me. This is the 'karma-bhoomi' of both my mothers. This is the reason I have come to contest from Raebareli,” the Congress leader said.

During the rally, Gandhi attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that the people of the BJP and RSS want to end the Constitution.  “First time in the history of our country, BJP-RSS people want to end our Constitution. Their leaders have clearly said that if they come to power they will change the Constitution," he said.

Will Wave Off Loans To Poor Farmers: Rahul 

Speaking at Raebareli rally, Rahul Gandhi said that if Congress-I.N.D.I.A bloc comes to power, he will waive off loans to poor farmers. "I promise that if Congress-INDIA alliance comes to power at the Centre, then my first job will be to waive off loans of poor farmers," the Congress leader said.

Rae Bareli constituency goes to the polls on May 20 in the fifth phase. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi won the constituency, bagging 5,34,918 votes. Her closest rival, Dinesh Pratap Singh, put up a formidable challenge, gathering 3,67,740 votes.