"Feel What I Felt When My Father Died": Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka In Landslide-Hit Wayanad
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Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said rescuers have yet to reach the first settlement hit by the landslide, and that it would be weeks before all the dead are counted.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday visited Kerala's Wayanad - Mr Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency - and offered messages of support to people there struggling to recover from devastating landslides that have killed nearly 300 so far with another 200 still missing. #WATCH | On deaths due to Wayanad landslides, Congress MP & LoP Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi says, "Today, I feel how I felt when my father died. Here people have not just lost a father but an entire family. We all owe these people respect and affection. The whole nation's attention… pic.twitter.com/9dSPI6kQdx नेता विपक्ष श्री @RahulGandhi और कांग्रेस महासचिव श्रीमती @priyankagandhi ने मेपड्डी, वायनाड में आपदा पीड़ितों से मुलाकात की।📍 केरल pic.twitter.com/R3D6CIf8ll #WATCH | After meeting Wayanad landslides survivors, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, "We have spent a whole day meeting people who have suffered. It's an immense tragedy. We can only imagine the kind of pain the people are suffering. We are here to give as much… pic.twitter.com/3nI6dWGbMq "Focus is on the people of Wayanad, ensuring they receive the best possible care and protection and are supported for the future."📍 Wayanad, Kerala pic.twitter.com/uOXVlxIq4p
To underline the emotional impact of their visit Rahul Gandhi told reporters "I feel how I felt when my father (ex-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, assassinated in May 1991) died".
"I remember what I felt when my father died. But here people have not just lost a father... they have lost families... brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers. I know what I felt (when his father was killed) and this is much worse than that. It is not one person suffering but thousands."
