"In her address, Sonia congratulated Rahul on his new position, even as she recalled her own elevation to party chief.Sonia also stressed that Rahul's childhood and political career had "made him a stronger person. "Her "last speech as Congress president" was marked with nostalgia, and the mention of her mother-in-law and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her husband and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. "Indira Gandhi treated me like her own daughter and I learnt a lot about India from her," she said. "When I felt the party is becoming weak, that the country is falling into the hands of communal forces, I had to listen to the demands of political workers. To honour the sacrifices of Indira and Rajiv, I entered politics," she added.

Source: Times of India December 16, 2017 06:06 UTC