In his maiden address after being appointed Congress vice
president, Rahul Gandhi on the concluding day of the AICC ‘s Jaipur session
spoke of the anger of the youth saying they feel alienated from the political
class and demanded a complete transformation of the system to give them a role
in the political space. He made an emotional speech in which he said, "the
Congress party is now my life and people of India are my life."
"I will fight for the people of India and for this
party. I will fight with everything I have. I invite all of you to stand up and
take on this fight," he said to a thunderous applause and a standing
ovation from nearly thousand delegates at the AICC, that included his mother
and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, union
ministers and senior Congress leaders.
Rahul Gandhi said that despite shortcomings Congress comes
back to power because it represents the DNA of India, a fact, which other
parties representing a particular religion of caste, fail to understand.
Rahul Gandhi expressed his gratitude to his supporters.
“This is a huge honour for me. Over the past eight years, the party has taught
me tremendously. I have learnt from seniors, youngsters and thanks to all from
the bottom of my heart for the help which I got,” Rahul told the Congress
gathering.
Raising the deficiencies in the India’s political system,
the Congress vice president asked, “Why do handful of people occupy political
space? Power is centralised in system. We don’t believe in empowering people.”
“People who are corrupt talk about eradicating corruption, people who disgrace
women in daily life talk about women development,” he added.
Emphasising on empowering people who have immense knowledge
but are deprived of positions, Rahul said that the time has come to question
decision making in politics as only a handful are being empowered.
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