Family of Nirbhaya thanks Rahul Gandhi

Younger brother of December 16 Nirbhaya is a pilot now. The family cannot stop thanking Rahul gandhi for his motivation and support.

Badrinath Singh said that the Congress leader helped the grief-stricken family in “every way possible he could” after his 23-year-old daughter was brutally gang raped on December 16, 2012 that led to her death 13 days later.

“My son (he refused to name him) is now a pilot. He completed his training recently. He has joined IndiGo Airlines and is already flying planes. And it is true it was possible because of Rahul Gandhi,” said Singh, who works at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

He said his son after completing his Class 12 got admitted to the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, a government-founded autonomous institute in Rae Bareli -- the Lok Sabha constituency of Rahul Gandhi’s mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

“He (Gandhi) helped us emotionally. He helped us in many ways. He helped us monetarily. Otherwise, you can understand how was it possible for us to make our son a pilot.”

Singh said many came to help the family initially, but “it was Gandhi who stood by us always and had strictly told us to keep it a secret”.

“He used to tell us he was not doing it for his politics. It was purely on humanitarian basis. He used to tell us not to speak to the media,” Singh said, adding that he too has nothing to do with Gandhi’s politics, “but the truth remains the truth, and we cannot thank him enough”.