In order to give some energy to the party which is already in ICU following debacle in the recent Parliament elections, the Congressmen celebrated birthday of party youth icon Rahul Gandhi here at Party state head quarter on Thursday.
Besides the former acting president of City Congress, Amit Srivastava and senior Congress leader, Ramesh Srivastava, also visited Shayam Prasad Mukherjee hospital along with other leaders to distribute fruit amongst the patients.
``After 1977 humiliating defeat everyone talked that Congress would never be back again but Indira Gandhi led the Party to regain power just within three years. Even now when people talked that Congress is finished following debacle in recent Parliament elections, all the Party workers and leaders are confident that now Rahul Gandhi the scion of Nehru family would give new boost to the Party under the guidance of president Sonia Gandhi”, said president of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC), Nirmal Khatri while addressing the party workers here at state head quarter on Thursday morning.
Calling Rahul Gandhi a committed leader, former UPCC president, Rita Bahuguna Joshi said that Congress vice-president is always concerned with the welfare of poor and down trodden section of the society and with his devotion towards the Party, it would take just few months to put the Congress back on track.
``Some communal forces managed to polarise the voters and grab the power but people would very soon realise their mistake of giving power into wrong hands and would find a true well-wisher in form of Rahul Gandhi”, claimed chairman of the UPCC media committee, Satyadeo Tripathi while hailing work done by Rahul Gandhi.
He said that the Party workers were always inspired by the hard-word and commitment of Rahul Gandhi towards public and they were sure that under his (Rahul) and Soniaji’s leadership, they will bounce back just like they had done it in 1977 and even in 2004.
In Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Rahul Gandhi, the party workers and leaders celebrated the day with much fanfare.
They distributed ladoos to the poor while in some places the youth Congress workers were also seen cutting cakes after putting life size poster cuttings of their role model Rahul. In Rai Bareli, which is Parliamentary constituency of Rahul's mother Sonia Gandhi, Congress vice-president has been also celebrated.