Rahul Gandhi: I will fight for Congress and people of India with whatever I have

Rahul Gandhi, the newly-appointed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday made an emotional speech at the Congress Chintan Shivir in Jaipur and reiterated his love for his party and the people of the country. While delivering his maiden speech after taking over as the Congress vice president, on the last day of the conclave, , Rahul thanked the party members for appointing him as the party's vice president and said, "I will fight for Congress and people of India with whatever I have."

Rahul Gandhi also cited his grandmother and former prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination and said that India needs hope of a systemic change to move the country ahead. "All the development in India has been possible because of Congress and the governments led by it," claimed the Congress leader.

Terming his elevation in the party as "a huge honour", Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress works for every single citizen of this country and praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA's flagship schemes like Food bill, NREGA, Direct Transfer Benefit Scheme. "Food bill will ensure that no child in the country will go to sleep hungry," said Rahul Gandhi.

"Last night, everyone congratulated me. But my mother came to my room and she sat and cried. Because she understands that the power that so many see is poison. She can see it because she is not attached to it (power)," revealed Rahul Gandhi.