Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 26: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that despite being son of former Prime Minister he does not have any house to live.
"I am 52 but don't have a house yet. My mother told me it was not our house, it was of the government and we were leaving it. I asked her where we would go. She said she didn't know,” Rahul Gandhi said.
Recounting an incident after the 1997 election, Rahul Gandhi said he used to think that the government house that his family used to stay at belonged to them until one day his mother told him they were leaving the house.
"There was a strange situation in the house. I went to mummy and asked what happened. She told me that we are leaving the house. I While Gandhi family doesn't have house, majority of party leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, who enjoyed power from 2002 to 2014 own amassed huge property through corrupt means.
Some of the former Congress ministers have scores of plots and houses in different parts of Jammu City.
One the one hand Rahul Gandhi doesn't own even a single house his party colleagues in J&K own managed to acquire plots and homes.
Through their touts, former Congress ministers have acquired huge property.
Rahul Gandhi said he got unsettled after knowing that and asked Sonia Gandhi where they would go next. "Nahi maloom," my mother said.
Rahul Gandhi was addressing the 85th plenary session of the party on Sunday.
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi's speech, BJP's Sambit Patra said Rahul Gandhi took a long time to understand his responsibility.
"After 52 years, Rahul Gandhi started thinking about responsibilities. He relinquished the party presidency and then started thinking about his responsibilities.
I will tell you, Rahul Gandhi ji, your responsibility is power without responsibility - like all other Gandhi family members," Sambit Patra said. | 