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Me, my sister have 'completely forgiven' father's killers: Rahul Gandhi

Me, my sister have 'completely forgiven' father's killers: Rahul Gandhi

Mar 11, 2018
11:06 am

What's the story

Congress President Rahul Gandhi said yesterday that he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi have "completely forgiven" the assassins of his father Rajiv Gandhi. "We were very upset and hurt and for many years we were quite angry. But, somehow, completely...in fact, completely (forgiven)," said Rahul during his interaction with IIM alumni in Singapore, when asked about his father's killers.

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Rahul Gandhi in interaction with IIM alumni in Singapore

Violence

What the Congress President said about his father's killers

Rahul said, "To me when I see violence regardless of who it is, I know that there is a human being behind that, there is a family behind that, a kid crying behind that. I have been through a lot of pain to get this and it is something I consider very valuable. I find it difficult to hate people, even my sister does."

Assassination

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber of LTTE

Former PM Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber of LTTE on May 21, 1991 at an election rally in Tamil Nadu. Rahul said: "We knew that my father was going to die. We knew that my grandmother was going to die. In politics, when you mess with the wrong forces, and if you stand for something, you will die. That's pretty clear."

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Privilege of being son and grandson of former prime ministers

During the interaction, on being asked if he thinks he had a privileged life being the son and grandson of former prime ministers, the Congress President said, "It depends which side of the coin you are. "Of course there are a number of privileges where I sit, but I would not say that I haven't been through a rough ride."