Rahul Gandhi mature enough to lead the country, says Navjot Singh Sidhu

Punjab's Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu presided over a commemoration programme in Ludhiana in the memory of educationist Master Tara Singh, a pioneer in education for women.

Congress National vice-President Rahul Gandhi. Express Photo by Pradeep Kumar 07.10.17

PUNJAB’s LOCAL BODIES minister Navjot Singh Sidhu Saturday said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was “fit and mature enough to lead the country”.

Sidhu said Rahul was a “khandaani” and “secular person” and a “man of true character.” “He has shown an exemplary character and converted losses into wins. He has turned obstacles into stepping stones. He is a khandaani and secular person. The time has come for him to not only lead the Congress party but also our country. He is fit for the Prime Minister post,” said Sidhu.

Sidhu presided over a commemoration programme in Ludhiana in the memory of educationist Master Tara Singh, a pioneer in education for women.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Sidhu said his words were based on the “character shown by Gandhi family in recent years.”

Divya Goyal

Divya Goyal is a Principal Correspondent with The Indian Express, based in Punjab. Her interest lies in exploring both news and feature stories, with an effort to reflect human interest at the heart of each piece. She writes on gender issues, education, politics, Sikh diaspora, heritage, the Partition among other subjects. She has also extensively covered issues of minority communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She also explores the legacy of India's partition and distinct stories from both West and East Punjab. She is a gold medalist from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, the most revered government institute for media studies in India, from where she pursued English Journalism (Print). Her research work on “Role of micro-blogging platform Twitter in content generation in newspapers” had won accolades at IIMC. She had started her career in print journalism with Hindustan Times before switching to The Indian Express in 2012. Her investigative report in 2019 on gender disparity while treating women drug addicts in Punjab won her the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity in 2020. She won another Laadli for her ground report on the struggle of two girls who ride a boat to reach their school in the border village of Punjab. ... Read More

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