“The fire it set, it had to be doused. And this task is performed by the Congress party,” he said. “We go and tell people that don't fight,” he said, adding that it was the people and the country who suffered, not BJP. Gandhi said BJP had lost the 2004 Lok Sabha polls despite its ‘India shining' campaign and then again in 2009, because Indians believe in co-existence.
He also spoke about empowering the youth and pointing to people in the crowd, said he wanted MLAs and MPs to come from there.
(With PTI inputs)