Here’s what Rahul Gandhi’s first order would be if he becomes the Prime Minister

Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that he would give women’s reservation when asked what would be the first thing he would do if he becomes Prime Minister.

Rahul Gandhi’s remarks come during a Diwali dinner that he hosted for some students from a school in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

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Earlier this year, the duo had visited St Joseph’s Matric Higher Secondary School during the campaigning trail in the state.

In a minute-long video shared by Rahul Gandhi on Twitter, one of the guests asked him, “What will be the first government order you will be publishing as soon as you become our Prime Minister?”

The Congress leader replied, “I would give women’s reservation.”

“If somebody asks me what would you teach your child; one thing – I would say humility, because, from humility, you get understanding,” he added.

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Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had slammed the Centre over the rise in the price of LPG, saying that far away from the government’s development rhetoric, lakhs of families have been forced to use ‘chulhas’.

The development vehicle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the “reverse gear”, he said.

“Miles away from the rhetoric of development, lakhs of families are forced to use ‘chulhas’.

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“Modi ji’s development vehicle is in the reverse gear and its brakes have also failed,” Gandhi tweeted in Hindi, using the hashtag “PriceHike”.

The Congress leader also shared a screenshot of a news report which said that according to a survey, 42 per cent of people in rural areas have stopped using LPG cylinders for cooking food because they can’t afford them anymore and are back to using firewood.