There is a work that my father had started, a dream he had dreamt. I come to you today saying...allow me to turn that dream into reality

It doesn't matter how much wisdom you have. If you don't have position, you have nothing. That's the tragedy of India.

Millions of Indians are brimming with energy.

India absorbs things; India's not a divisive place.

We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it is an affliction that every Indian is desperate to be rid of.

A rising tide doesn't raise people who don't have a boat. We have to build the boat for them. We have to give them the basic infrastructure to rise with the tide.

For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party