Sonia, Rahul celebrate Holi at party office
New Delhi: March 25, 2016, DHNS:
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her deputy Rahul on Thursday stepped on to the AICC lawns to celebrate Holi with party office bearers, the first such instance in recent times.
With senior leaders Motilal Vora, Sheila Dikshit, Ajay Maken, Randeep Singh Surjewala in tow, Sonia and Rahul spent about 15 minutes with AICC officials playing colours before a phalanx of mediapersons.
Mahila Congress chief Shobha Oza was seen smearing colours on Sonia while Rahul mingled with senior leaders and party officials.
“My message is of peace and brotherhood. Everyone should live with love in their hearts,” a colour-smeared Rahul said in brief remarks to the waiting mediapersons.
“Yes, my greetings are for everyone,” he quipped when asked whether he would extend greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Holi was also celebrated with gusto at the residences of BJP President Amit Shah, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, M Venkaiah Naidu, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi among others.
Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev joined the celebrations at Naidu’s residence. Battling charges of being inaccessible, Rahul, off late, has been projecting himself as person of the masses by participating in such informal gatherings at regular intervals.
He has also been a regular visitor at various temples across the country – trips that have been adequately publicised by the party in an apparent bid to shed the pro-minority tag the Congress had earned in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections.
With senior leaders Motilal Vora, Sheila Dikshit, Ajay Maken, Randeep Singh Surjewala in tow, Sonia and Rahul spent about 15 minutes with AICC officials playing colours before a phalanx of mediapersons.
Mahila Congress chief Shobha Oza was seen smearing colours on Sonia while Rahul mingled with senior leaders and party officials.
“My message is of peace and brotherhood. Everyone should live with love in their hearts,” a colour-smeared Rahul said in brief remarks to the waiting mediapersons.
“Yes, my greetings are for everyone,” he quipped when asked whether he would extend greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Holi was also celebrated with gusto at the residences of BJP President Amit Shah, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, M Venkaiah Naidu, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi among others.
Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev joined the celebrations at Naidu’s residence. Battling charges of being inaccessible, Rahul, off late, has been projecting himself as person of the masses by participating in such informal gatherings at regular intervals.
He has also been a regular visitor at various temples across the country – trips that have been adequately publicised by the party in an apparent bid to shed the pro-minority tag the Congress had earned in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections.
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