The Congress146;s Sadhvi

Congressmen call her 8220;our own Sadhvi8221;. This 13-year-old from Shahadara in Delhi...

Congressmen call her 8220;our own Sadhvi8221;. This 13-year-old from Shahadara in Delhi has been a regular on Congress President Sonia Gandhi8217;s Gujarat tour. Her visiting card reads: 8220;The first little orator of the world: Vishwakanya Saadhna Bharti. Little national star campaigner of the Indian National Congress8221;.

Her frequent chats with the political secretary to the Congress President Ahmad Patel, AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh and other senior leaders gathered in the VIP area around the dais at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad, establish the status of the party8217;s star campaigner.

Saadhna Bharti was two-and-a-half years old when she was first noticed for her recitation of the Gayatri mantra. In October 2003, she met Digvijay Singh who introduced her to the Congress president and that launched her campaigning career.

In Gujarat, she usually addressed the gathering just before the Congress President but on Thursday when Sonia Gandhi8217;s arrival was delayed by two hours, she was called on stage much earlier to hold the attention of a restive crowd.

Once there, this Class IX student from a Central School in Kakardooma, had the crowd rivetted. 8220;Who would you hand over your house key to? Would you like to give it to Narendra Modi, of whose father, mother and wife you have no idea? Would you give it to L.K. Advani or Rajnath Singh about whose parents you know nothing about?8221;

She then moved on to the Gandhi family. 8220;Do you know who Jawahar Lal Nehru8217;s father was? Motilal Nehru. Do you know that Motilal Nehru8217;s granddaughter was Indira Gandhi? Do you know who Indira Gandhi8217;s son was? Rajiv Gandhi. Do you know that Rajiv Gandhi8217;s son is Rahul Gandhi? Do you know that Rahul Gandhi8217;s sister is Priyanka Gandhi? Do you know that their mother is Sonia Gandhi, the paragon of sacrifice?8221;

She ended her question-answer session with a word of caution: Ravana will come in different disguises to steal their Sita their vote, she warned.