“Celebrate Diwali with your loved ones, may it connect everyone’s hearts," he said. In a tweet in Hindi, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the lamp gives light to everyone without any discrimination and this is the message of Diwali.
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Calling for unity among party ranks, Gandhi warned members to not talk to her via the media and communicate within party office walls. She called for taking a pledge that people with different languages, religions and creeds celebrate this festival of happiness together and light the lamp of hope that removes the darkness. At the outset of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, party chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday, asserted that she is a full-time, hands-on Congress President, refuting the G-23s allegations. “The string of lamps on Deepawali makes us realise that all of us in the country can illuminate each other’s lives with love and cohesion, and with mutual cooperation, we can dispel the densest of darkness," the Congress chief said. Born in Italy, she came to India after marrying Rajiv Gandhi, a scion of the politically powerful NehruGandhi family, which had long been associated with the ‘Indian National Congress. Mrs Gandhi, who led Congress to a shock election win in 2004, is also quitting her seat on the National Advisory Council, the source of the controversy. She is the Chairperson of the Coordinating Committee of the ruling coalition, the United Progressive Alliance. Sonia Gandhi is the first foreign-born person to become president of the ‘Congress’ party since India’s independence in 1947. Gandhi steps down from parliament Indias governing Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi says she is resigning from parliament after allegations she was profiting from another public post.
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That is why it is imperative that the glow of this lamp of hope is kept illuminated in people’s hearts, she said. Sonia Gandhi is a former president of the Indian National Congress. In a statement, Gandhi said, “I pray to God that this festival of lights brings happiness, prosperity and opportunities of progress and development to every family in India." “Deepawali gives us the message that no matter how dense the darkness is, the light of a lamp is enough to dispel that darkness," she said. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday extended Diwali wishes to the people of the country and emphasised the message of dispelling darkness through love and cooperation.