Sonia Gandhi remembers Gandhi ji, says the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi while participating in the discussion to commemorate the 60th anniversary of India's first Parliamentary session said that the weakest of the society should have the same opportunity as the strongest.

Remembering Gandhi Ji Sonia Gandhi added "My notion of democracy", said Gandhiji, the Father of our nation and the leader of our freedom struggle, "is that under it the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest."

The Congress President also argued that it was this revolutionary idea that opened the doors of our legislatures to them and began to transform the Indian state and society. “It has done so in a peaceful and evolutionary manner, founded on the time-tested principles of secularism and social justice,” added the Congress MP.

Sonia Gandhi said that we could say with pride that India’s parliament, elected by the largest electorate in the world and reflecting the aspirations of some 1.2 billion people, has grown into a great representative political institution.

Sonia Gandhi then p[aid homage to great National leaders who played crucial roles in the freedom movement and said “I pay my deepest tribute to the Mahatma. He was no longer living when this House first met, yet he was the guiding light that made it all possible. Leading a life of spartan simplicity he dedicated himself to the last and the least. He taught us the power of love and compassion”.

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