52-years-old and still don't have a house, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said he has never owned a house and noted that this experience had helped him "change" his Bharat Jodo Yatra and connect with the people.

Addressing the Congress plenary session in Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Gandhi said he wanted everyone who joined the Yatra to feel that they were coming home.

"There was a strange atmosphere in the house. I went to mummy and asked her what happened. Ma told me that we are leaving the house.

"Till that time I used to think it was our house. So I asked my mother why we are leaving our house. Then my mom told me for the first time that it was not our house, but the government's and we have to leave it now," the Congress leader said.

Rahul Gandhi said he asked his mother Sonia Gandhi where they would go next. "'Nahi maloom' (don't know) my mother said. I was taken aback. I used to think it was our house.

"52 years and I still don't have a house. Our family house is in Allahabad and that is also not ours. I live at 12, Tughaq Lane but that is not my house," he said.

The BJP, however, took a swipe at Gandhi, saying his remarks show the "sense of entitlement" in the Gandhi family as it enjoys "responsibility without power".

"Rahul ji used to think that all the houses and cars he was using belonged to him. If you feel that the government's house is your house, who can evict us - this is called the sense of entitlement," BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told reporters.

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