“I do not have a dream of my own. Any politician who has his own personal dreams and personal goals can never be happy. I have a dream, a goal for my state and my country,” BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi said and won a thunderous applause from the thousands who had gathered at the Khurshid Club here on Thursday for BJP’s Swabhimaan rally.
Mr Gandhi said that whenever he faced hardships in life, he always thought of those who face d greater hardships in their lives.
BJP MP and party general secretary Varun Gandhi established a direct connect with the people when he said, “Sultanpur is my home. My father’s hand was in your hands and now I will work for you. Your hardships will be my hardships and your dreams will be my dreams.”
However, he clarified that he was not making any announcement about his likely candidature from Sultanpur.
“That is for the party high command to decide and announce,” he said and added, “You will always be in my heart and you can meet me, talk to me anytime you want.”
He avoided speaking on contentious issues but spoke of his personal bereavement when he said that he had lost his one-month old daughter last month. “She was my first born. While coming here, I had a heavy heart but then I thought that God may have taken her away but the lakhs of children in Sultanpur are like my own children and I have to work for their future,” he said.
Mr Gandhi lashed out at the Akhilesh government when he said that in the past one year, there had not been a single new project in Uttar Pradesh that could ensure employment for the youth.
“The common man is not safe — if he is physically safe, he is economically insecure. The chief minister is also young and he should understand the aspirations of the youth and ensure employment. Who will invest here if there are no roads, no power? I wrote to the chief minister saying that there should be a super highway that can bring a new dawn for the state,” he said.
He said that he did not wish to criticise SP and BSP but the fact remained that they had failed to fulfil the aspirations of the people.
Criticising the caste sammelans being held in UP, Mr Varun Gandhi said that as a child, he had asked his mother about the caste to which he belonged. “And she said that I belonged to the biggest caste group in the world — humanity,” he said.
Mr Gandhi said that while he would work for Sultanpur, the neighbouring districts like Pratapgarh, Jaunpur and Ayodhya would also benefit from development.