Youth must come forward in politics: Rahul Gandi

Gangtok, 25Apr il: AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said called upon the youths to come forward in active politics in order to change the present quality of politics in the nation.

“Unless the youths come forward to politics, then politics will not change. We have to maintain a uniform perspective in the nation”, said Mr. Gandhi while addressing a Congress election rally here at Paljor Stadium packed with thousands of Congress supporters.

In his brief address, the Congress youth leader spoke about his target of encouraging more youths towards politics through the youth wing of Congress.

“I always meet youths from Northeast States wherever I go in the nation. I am very happy and proud that they are coming ahead especially in service sector”, said Mr. Gandhi.

Maintaining that Congress party and his family shares special attachment with Sikkim and other parts of the Northeast region, Mr. Gandhi made an emotional statement by appealing the people to carry on the old ties. My family has a big space for Northeast region in our hearts and these old ties must be carried forward, he said.
Speaking on the context of Sikkim, the young Gandhi scion reminded the people that he had fallen in love with Sikkim when he was 18 years of age. “I had stayed in Gangtok during a month course at Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute and I have toured all over the beautiful State of Sikkim. The tourism potential of Sikkim is unmatched in the nation and we will provide all possible help from the Centre to Sikkim”, he said
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Reminding that the Centre has been sending huge funds for the development of Sikkim and Sikkimese people, Mr. Gandhi said that Central funds have not reached the people of Sikkim. “We have send Rs. 5,500 crores to Sikkim and sanctioned several big schemes like Mid Day meal and NREGA for the Sikkimese people. But it is unfortunate that these funds and programmes have not reached to the people here”, said he said.
“We must change this and if people are not happy then you can change the government here in Sikkim during the elections”, said Mr. Gandhi.

While assuring that the Congress party will give attention to the pending local issues of Sikkim, Mr. Gandhi underlined the need to establish a proper educational institute. “We will see that quality education reaches to you. We will keep on sending money to Sikkim”, he said.




Mr. Gandhi also assured all possible help from Centre to solve the problem of 30,000 unemployed educated youths in Sikkim. We will spare no efforts to solve the unemployment problem in Sikkim, he said. The voice of small States like Sikkim must be heard and we will listen, he said.
The Congress youth leader concluded his brief speech by promise to return to Sikkim again to continue with his goal of encourage more youths to politics and Congress party.