Congress Gandhigiri: Rahul and Sonia washing plates after meal in Sevagram Ashram

Mangalore Today News Network

Delhi, Oct 02, 2018 : After lunch at Sevagram, Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi and other top Congress leaders were seen washing their plates from Wardha in Maharashtra.

 

The Congress held a prayer meeting to pay tribute on Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh also participated in the tribute held at Bapu Kuti, which was home to Mahatma Gandhi.


Rahul Gandhi planted a sapling in the ashram next to a tree his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had planted in 1986. This is the Congress present’s second visit to the ashram since January 2014, months before the party was voted out of power after 10 years.

He also led a foot march to mark the start of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations and to give a message against what the party called the "atmosphere of fear" in the country.

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel tweeted that this is the second meeting of the Congress Working Committee in Wardha, 76 years after the session in which the party’s iconic leaders embraced Mahatma Gandhi’s call for a "Quit India" movement against the British.

The Quit India movement, launched in Mumbai on August 8 1942, was a turning point in the freedom struggle.

Ahmed Patel also commented that the Congress party practised the politics of "sadbhavna" (inclusiveness). "Paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi is not new for us. It is the BJP which is remembering Gandhiji and Sardar Patel now," he told reporters.

The Congress, which has weakened considerably in elections held since 2014, is aiming at a comeback at the centre in the 2019 national polls.