Rahul Gandhi declines bigger party role
Hyderabad:
Rahul Gandhi, the latest of India's famed Nehru-Gandhi
political dynasty and son of Congress party chief Sonia
Gandhi, today declined calls to shoulder more responsibilities,
saying he still had to learn the ropes of politics. There
has been a growing clamour within the Congress to appoint
Rahul, 35, to the party's apex decision-making panel, the
Congress Working Committee (CWC), during the 82nd Plenary
Session of the party in Hyderabad. But the first-time Member
of Parliament said he was not yet ready.
"Someone once asked me what my religion was, I thought about
it and I answered that the Indian flag was my religion.
I promised myself after my father died that I would serve
the people this flag represents. By taking up a job before
I know what our workers and people feel and need, I would
be doing a disservice both to my religion and my party.
My place right now is among our people, my place right now
is to learn and to understand so that I can serve my people
and my party better. I appreciate and I am grateful for
your feelings and support, I assure that I will not let
you down," Rahul said in his speech at the convention today.
Rahul's
father, grandmother and great grandfather had all been Prime
Ministers for about 37 of the 46 years the Congress has
ruled India. Congress supporters strongly believe that the
cherubic Rahul will also eventually become country's Prime
Minister.
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