Committed to win back people’s trust, says Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Two days after the result of three northeastern states of Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland, Congress president Rahul Gandhi broke his silence on Monday. Mr Gandhi said that he respected the mandate of the people in the region and was committed to winning back their trust. He tweeted, “The Congress party respects the mandate of the people of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. We are committed to strengthening our party across the Northeast and to winning back the trust of the people. My sincere thanks to each and every Congress worker who toiled for the party.”

Mr Gandhi had announced on Thursday that he would visit his 93-year-old grandmother in Italy over the Holi weekend. He arrived back from Italy on Monday. Attacking the BJP, he accused it of “usurping” power through proxy in Meghalaya and using “big money” to create an “opportunistic alliance” in the state. The BJP had won only two MLA seats in Meghalaya but have cobbled up an alliance and will be forming the next government. He also tweeted “With just 2 seats, the BJP has usurped power in Meghalaya, through a proxy. Like in Manipur and Goa, showing utter disregard for the mandate of the people. Obsessed instead with grabbing power, using big money to create an opportunistic alliance.”

He also used the hashtag “DemocracyDemonetised” with his tweet to target the BJP.