Deputy Chief Minister Damodara Rajanarasimha has said that the Gandhi family was an inspiration to the people of the nation forever.
Addressing a gathering at Sundaraiah Vignana Kendram where Anjan Kumar Yadav Yuva Sena organized AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s 42nd birthday celebrations here on Tuesday, Rajanarasimha said that the people of the nation as a whole honor only Gandhi family. He said that Gandhi family had been striving for the development of women, minorities, farmers, dalits and backward classes, by introducing various welfare schemes since the country attained freedom. He said that Indira Gandhi had nationalized the banks, and introduced the first green revolution and SC/ST Sub-Plan for the development of people of the nation.
The credit for introduction of Right to Vote to the 18-year youth went to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi also introduced Information Technology in the nation. He said that Rahul Gandhi, who came from the same family, was striving to strengthen the party and for the welfare of the people without expecting positions like Prime Minister and Union Minister.
He called upon the youth to emulate Rahul Gandhi and not to fall in the trap of the leaders, who were expecting positions keeping party ideals aside.
Secunderabad MP Anjan Kumar Yadav has exuded confidence that the Congress party was a national party and it has a bright future, and added several leaders of the party have become the chief ministers and union ministers. He said that many leaders like KCR and Chandrababu Naidu, who were now heading political parties, were from the Congress party only.
Greater Hyderabad Deputy Mayor G Rajkumar, Corporators M Prabhakar Reddy, Kalpana Yadav, Vajid Hussain, Youth Congress leader Aravind Kumar Yadav, and other leaders Shyam Kumar, Nagaraj Goud, Nagesh Mudiraj, Narayanaswami, Anand Goud, Nasar, Mohammad, PCC OBC Cell chairman T Rajeshwar have participated. (NSS)